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Chapter XXIV
The scene was Washington. “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you. The Senate has already passed it.” “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington. “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Senate has already passed it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Senate has already passed it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.”
above and across; more than
From this reading ““Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Senate has already passed it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.”
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From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Senate has already passed it.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Senate has already passed it.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Senate has already passed it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Senate has already passed it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene was Washington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senate has already passed it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The scene was Washington.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll do my best, Uncle Silver Tip,” said Agnes Huntington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The scene was Washington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene was Washington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Slippery Elm Benton loves me, and he cannot refuse his affianced wife his vote.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Get the galoot to urge the Bill, gal; and I'll make over half them phosphate beds to you.
