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Chapter IX
“GANGWAY!” “Ye-e-e wow!” Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously. Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!” The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.”
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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 The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading “GANGWAY!”
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading The blanket roll in the other bunk stirred like a chrysalis about to burst and let loose whatever sort of bug it contained.
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From this reading Then: “Whoosh!――Larry, old scout!――wake up!”
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From this reading “Ye-e-e wow!”
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From this reading Dick Maxwell, fighting sleepily to get his arms free from the tightly rolled blanket, yawned cavernously.
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From this reading “Ye-e-e wow!”
