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Chapter I
"Big smoke dead ahead, partner!" "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!" "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?" "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer." "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"”
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading “"I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"”
for each
From this reading “"I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."”
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From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
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From this reading "Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"
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From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
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From this reading "Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"
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From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
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From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
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From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
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From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
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From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
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From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
not any; not one
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
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From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
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From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
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From this reading "Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"
for each
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
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From this reading "Big smoke dead ahead, partner!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "No other--you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
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From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss?"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Huh! my _native_ town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per--I mean Wally!"
