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Chapter I
Stop, You're Killing Me! As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it! It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life. I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office. We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.”
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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 As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
apart from; not including
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading Stop, You're Killing Me!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stop, You're Killing Me!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
except for; apart from
From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading Stop, You're Killing Me!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particular--except maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my wife and our son Sam, who's seventeen, and myself.
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From this reading As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me--and neither aware of it!
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From this reading Stop, You're Killing Me!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It's funny how a silly little habit can save your life.
