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Chapter XVII
WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field. His heart was beating like a triphammer. He was really playing on the first team! He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star! Could he really fill the position?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Could he really fill the position?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was really playing on the first team!”
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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 WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could he really fill the position?
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From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading Could he really fill the position?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
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From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
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From this reading Could he really fill the position?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
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From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
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From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
