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Chapter XXI
JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf. "What 'll we do next, captain?" Joe looked up in quick surprise. "Why--I--what 's the matter?" "Well, ain't you captain now?
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"What 'll we do next, captain?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Joe looked up in quick surprise.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What 'll we do next, captain?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, ain't you captain now?”
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading "Well, ain't you captain now?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why--I--what 's the matter?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Joe looked up in quick surprise.
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From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joe looked up in quick surprise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why--I--what 's the matter?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, ain't you captain now?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading Joe looked up in quick surprise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joe looked up in quick surprise.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
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From this reading Joe looked up in quick surprise.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
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From this reading "Well, ain't you captain now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOE AND HIS FATHER "How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the _Dazzler_ fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What 'll we do next, captain?"
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From this reading "Why--I--what 's the matter?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, ain't you captain now?
