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Chapter V
A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared. "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped. No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed. "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they? Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.”
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “"It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."”
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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 A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
not any; not one
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?
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From this reading Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."
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From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, I don't mean that," she added hastily, as Peggy laughed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Quadrupeds have to have four legs, don't they?
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From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
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From this reading Well, anyway, it sounds like something queer."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH "The three-legged race is what I'm dying to see," Amy declared.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It sounds so mysterious, you know, like some new kind of quadruped.
