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Chapter XXXI
ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name. Handling parents, that was his middle name. He was a bear at that. He could make them eat out of his hand. Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He could make them eat out of his hand.”
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading “ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He could make them eat out of his hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He could make them eat out of his hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.”
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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 ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was a bear at that.
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From this reading He was a bear at that.
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From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
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From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
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From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
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From this reading Handling parents, that was his middle name.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a bear at that.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Handling parents, that was his middle name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
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From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
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From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
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From this reading Handling parents, that was his middle name.
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
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From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
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From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Handling parents, that was his middle name.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had he not engineered the camping enterprise pending the preparation of a makeshift school?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He could make them eat out of his hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON TO BRIDGEBORO Scoutmaster Ned Garrison had a middle name.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Handling parents, that was his middle name.
