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Chapter XV
"Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh. And there we found the Pedlar. "Too late to help him. Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances. He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And there we found the Pedlar.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Too late to help him.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.”
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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 Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there we found the Pedlar.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Too late to help him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Too late to help him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Too late to help him.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading And there we found the Pedlar.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
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From this reading And there we found the Pedlar.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Too late to help him.
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From this reading "Too late to help him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
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From this reading He'd met him face to face the same way he met Joe Rix and killed him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Then we cut back for home and crossed the marsh.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Maybe Donnegan knew that the Pedlar was something of a flash with a gun himself, and he didn't take any chances.
