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Chapter VIII
Did you shut the hall door? That's right. There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time. Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'. Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That's right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.”
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
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From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
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From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That's right.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
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From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sure, I'm just convalescin' from the last shock.
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From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading That's right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
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From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
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From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no tellin' what's liable to float in here any time.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Say, if they don't quit it, I'll get to be one of these nervous prostraters, that think themselves sick abed without half tryin'.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you shut the hall door?
