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_Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran! I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of! A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women! Women! conducting a feud! They might as well conduct a bakery!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!”
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading “_Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “They might as well conduct a bakery!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!”
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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 regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They might as well conduct a bakery!”
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading They might as well conduct a bakery!”
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From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading They might as well conduct a bakery!”
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From this reading Women! conducting a feud!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
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From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They might as well conduct a bakery!”
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From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They might as well conduct a bakery!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think it’s the most footle business I ever heard of!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
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From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
which person or people
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Author of “The Man Who Fell Through the Earth,” “The Room With the Tassels,” “Faulkner’s Folly,” etc._ “Well, by the Great Catamaran!
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From this reading A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women!
