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Chapter I
Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself! Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by. How're they runnin', eh? Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together. You've seen me, eh?
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading How're they runnin', eh?
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From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading How're they runnin', eh?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
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From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading How're they runnin', eh?
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
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From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How're they runnin', eh?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
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From this reading Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
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From this reading You've seen me, eh?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you--Hello, yourself!
