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by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says! I'm going!" 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'! Dare you to come in swimmin'!" 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"”
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From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading I'm going!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading I'm going!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
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From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
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From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 25 Eddie Grote was in a tight place 37 "Margery Blair, you come right out of that pond!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading by The Ridgway Company by John Lane Company TO MARTHA "I don't care what she says!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 13 "Dare you to come in swimmin'!
