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Chapter XIII
* * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language? Are you the manager here or am I? _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager. _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot? * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are you the manager here or am I?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
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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 _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
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From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
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From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
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From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
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From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
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From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
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From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
