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Chapter V
"SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart. "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller. Here's where you take a fall hard." The younger man said nothing. He watched, warily.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “"SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “The younger man said nothing.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here's where you take a fall hard."”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “"SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.”
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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 Here's where you take a fall hard."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He watched, warily.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading The younger man said nothing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The younger man said nothing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading The younger man said nothing.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
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From this reading He watched, warily.
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From this reading He watched, warily.
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
in or at the place that
From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
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From this reading "SOMETHING ABOUT THESE GUYS" West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Here's where you take a fall hard."
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading "You've done run on the rope long enough with me, young feller.
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From this reading The younger man said nothing.
