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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
afraid
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
anyway
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
ask
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But sa-ay!
came
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
country
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From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
dance
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
darned
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
Devil's
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From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
didn't
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
figure
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
forgot
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From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
four-horse
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
friends
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From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
going
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
guffaw
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From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
halted
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From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
haul
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
home
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
I'm
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
invite
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From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
just
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
like
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
Lorrigans
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From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
loud
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From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
maybe
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
middle
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
narrative
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From this reading They--" A loud guffaw from his friends halted the narrative there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
out
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
outfit
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From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
paid
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
pay
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
piano
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
rough
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
sa-ay
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From this reading "But sa-ay!
schoolma'am
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
stool
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
team
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
there
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From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
they'd
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
things
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She forgot to invite the Lorrigans!
Tooth
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From this reading Everybody in the country there, except the Devil's Tooth outfit.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
up
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
walk
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
whole
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From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I figure that she was afraid they might rough things up a little--and maybe she didn't like to ask them to pay for something they'd already paid for--but anyway, just when the dance was going good, here came the whole Devil's Tooth outfit with a four-horse team, and I'm darned if they didn't walk right in there, in the middle of a dance, take the piano stool right out from under the schoolma'am, and haul the piano home!
