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Chapter XVIII
Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently: “Well, what do you say now?” My companion was not in the humor to respond, and didn't. The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed: “Laws bless you, sah, I knowed you in a minute.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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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 Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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in or near a particular place or position
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
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From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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belonging to the person speaking
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
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From this reading My companion was not in the humor to respond, and didn't.
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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From this reading “Well, what do you say now?”
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My companion was not in the humor to respond, and didn't.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
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From this reading The next moment that smiling black face was thrust in at the crack of the door, and this speech followed:
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My companion was not in the humor to respond, and didn't.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My companion was not in the humor to respond, and didn't.
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From this reading Well, I tilted my head back, hooked my thumbs in my armholes, smiled a smile on my companion, and said, gently:
used to ask for information about something
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the person or people being spoken to
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