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BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR. JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame. I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear. Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee. A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”
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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 pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
above and across; more than
From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
