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Chapter V
It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant. Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone. I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect. But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog. Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
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later than; following
From this reading “It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.”
during the time that
From this reading “Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.”
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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 But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
later than; following
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
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From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
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From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
above and across; more than
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading I didn't pick Swifty for his looks, nor for his mammoth intellect.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
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From this reading But he's as straight as a string, and he'll mind like a setter dog.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
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From this reading Well, say, it was lucky I got him just as I did.
during the time that
From this reading Thinks I; if I'm liable to go strollin' off like that any more, I've got to have someone that'll keep the joint open while I'm gone.
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From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was that little excursion with Mr. Gordon that puts me up to sendin' over to Williamsburg after Swifty Joe Gallagher, and signin' him as my first assistant.
