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Chapter VI
You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you? Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day. He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse. There's more meat on him, too, than there was. I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.”
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading “Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.”
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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 He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
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From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
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From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
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From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.
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From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
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From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's been on the 'rock for two months now, and his nerves are as steady as a truck horse.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's more meat on him, too, than there was.
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You didn't happen to see Pinckney at the last Horse Show, did you?
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From this reading Well, you'd never known him for the same ambulance fare that dropped into the Studio that day.
