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Chapter V
A very long pause. 'Well?' said I. ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh. 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness. That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A very long pause.”
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading “That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Well?' said I.”
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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 A very long pause.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Well?' said I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A very long pause.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading A very long pause.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading 'Well?' said I.
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading That night I tuk maybe the half av three pints--not enough to turn the hair of a man in his natural senses.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
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From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading A very long pause.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'An' I know that ev'ry bit av ut was my own foolishness.
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From this reading 'Well?' said I.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
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From this reading ''Twas all wrong,' said Mulvaney, with an enormous sigh.
