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Chapter VII
"Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?" Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?" "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?" Big Medicine wanted to know. "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Big Medicine wanted to know.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"”
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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 "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading Big Medicine wanted to know.
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
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From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
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From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Medicine wanted to know.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading Big Medicine wanted to know.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
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From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
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From this reading Pink suggested boldly, "and let her be his daughter instead of Rosemary?"
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From this reading "By cripes, I hate talk I don't savey."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Big Medicine wanted to know.
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From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading Big Medicine wanted to know.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
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From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why don't you make a squaw-man outa Dave?"
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From this reading "Say, what does that there walka-some-darn-thing mean, that she calls yuh?"
