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Chapter XIII
That is what the Tribune correspondent says. And that is what everybody that heard it said. Therefore, you keep still. Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people. I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.”
every person
From this reading “And that is what everybody that heard it said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Therefore, you keep still.”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “Therefore, you keep still.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.”
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And that is what everybody that heard it said.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
every person
From this reading And that is what everybody that heard it said.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading And that is what everybody that heard it said.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And that is what everybody that heard it said.
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From this reading Therefore, you keep still.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
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From this reading And that is what everybody that heard it said.
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From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore, you keep still.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore, you keep still.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
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From this reading Don't ever be so unwise as to go on trying to unconvince those people.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what the Tribune correspondent says.
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From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I've been skating around the place all day with some girls, with Mrs. Clemens in the window to do the applause.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Therefore, you keep still.
