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Chapter VI
VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY. The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd. SOME VILLAGE CRONIES. Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County. They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.”
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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 VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
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From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
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From this reading SOME VILLAGE CRONIES.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading Colonel Peavy had just begun the rubber with Squire Gordon, of Cerro Gordo County.
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From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
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From this reading VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were seated in Robie's grocery, behind the rusty old cannon stove, the checker-board spread out on their knees.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
