A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
How's Woodie and Sadie comin' on? Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious. It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie. And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him. So it's all off.
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading So it's all off.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
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From this reading How's Woodie and Sadie comin' on?
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From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
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From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
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From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
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From this reading So it's all off.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading How's Woodie and Sadie comin' on?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
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From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
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From this reading How's Woodie and Sadie comin' on?
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From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
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From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it's all off.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It's got to be a real live one that interests Sadie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
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From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
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From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
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From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
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From this reading How's Woodie and Sadie comin' on?
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From this reading And, anyway, Woodie's willing to take oath that she put up a job on him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah, say! you don't want to take the things she does too serious.
