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Chapter IX
The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell." Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you." I turned with a helpless shrug. I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both. Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.”
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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 I turned with a helpless shrug.
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
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From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
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From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
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From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
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From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
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From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
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From this reading I turned with a helpless shrug.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I turned with a helpless shrug.
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From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
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From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
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From this reading I turned with a helpless shrug.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bailiff repeated, "Come along, Cornell."
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From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
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From this reading I'd tried to lick 'em and I'd tried to join 'em and I'd failed both.
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From this reading I turned with a helpless shrug.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
at the time that
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I turned with a helpless shrug.
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From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, as of this instant when I might have been able to go join 'em, I was headed for the wrong side as soon as I opened my big yap.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then he added sourly, "Or I'll have to slip the cuffs on you."
