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Chapter XI
1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you. Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much. Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies. 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him. 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.”
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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From this reading 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 2d Out: Peace! we’ll hear him.
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From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
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From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
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From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Speed: Sir, we are undone! these are the villains That all the travellers do fear so much.
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From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 3d Out: Ay, by my beard, will we; For he’s a proper man.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 1st Outlaw: Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Val: My friends,— 1st Out: That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies.
