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Chapter III
I was five years old the first time I got drunk. It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field. I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer. "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction. It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was five years old the first time I got drunk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was five years old the first time I got drunk.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.”
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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 It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
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From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
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From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
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From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
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From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
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From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
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From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
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From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
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From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
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From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was on a hot day, and my father was ploughing in the field.
To recall to mind.
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was sent from the house, half a mile away, to carry to him a pail of beer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was, as I remember it, a lard pail, very wide across the top, and without a cover.
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From this reading I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And be sure you don't spill it," was the parting injunction.
