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Chapter XIII
“I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly. “That's why I tried to put you on your guard. You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings. I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have. I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.”
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
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From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
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From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
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From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
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From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
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From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
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From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
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From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I happen to know that the races held here every Sunday are just thinly veiled attempts to cheat the unwary out of every cent they have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should advise you, Mr. Birnie, to be very careful how you bet on any horses.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I also like things clean and natural and wholesome,” she said quietly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
in the company of; together with
From this reading You don't seem to fit in, somehow, with--the surroundings.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That's why I tried to put you on your guard.
