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Chapter V
BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins. But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right. He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either. "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine. Huh!
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one or the other of two
From this reading “He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.”
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading “"Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.”
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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 BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
one or the other of two
From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
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From this reading Huh!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
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From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
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From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
in or at the place that
From this reading But he always knows where he wants to get off, all right.
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From this reading He don't whisper his ideas on the subject, either.
in the company of; together with
From this reading BREEZING BY WITH PEGGY He's a great old scout, Mr. Ellins.
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From this reading "Boy," says he the other mornin' as I answers the buzzer, "I am expecting two young persons to call this forenoon, two young wards of mine.
