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Chapter XIII
A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?" Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe. "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes." "Good! You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Good!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
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From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Good!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Curlie suddenly inquired of Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GHOST WALKS "Ever take much interest in gasoline engines?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, quite a bit; had a shift on one of those marine kinds last summer on the Great Lakes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'll have to take a shift here on the _Kittlewake_.
