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Chapter XI
"Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably. "Well, well! I s'posed girls always told them things to each other. 'Specially if they slep' together. She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “"Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, well!”
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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 She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'Specially if they slep' together.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading 'Specially if they slep' together.
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From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading 'Specially if they slep' together.
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From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Specially if they slep' together.
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From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She's gettin' a mighty fine man, though--Thelmy is--at least, folks says she's gettin' him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Not to me," Jerry replied, sliding another pillow behind her shoulders and leaning back comfortably.
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From this reading 'Specially if they slep' together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I s'posed girls always told them things to each other.
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From this reading "Well, well!
