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Chapter III
“I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it. Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay. Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on. First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.” “Yes, I have heard that said.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Yes, I have heard that said.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.””
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From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
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From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
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From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
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From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Yes, I have heard that said.”
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From this reading “Yes, I have heard that said.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
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From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
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From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't you get discouraged, but hang right on.
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From this reading “Yes, I have heard that said.”
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From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Yes, I have heard that said.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First, you won't understand it; but by and by things will begin to clear up, and then you wouldn't lay it down to eat.”
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From this reading “Yes, I have heard that said.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I judge it ain't often, by the way you say it.
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From this reading Now, you tackle it in dead earnest once, and you'll find it'll pay.
