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Chapter II
“I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said. The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink. The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion. He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played. Every one danced.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one danced.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.”
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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 proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
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From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
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From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
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From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
next to; at the side of
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
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From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
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From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
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From this reading Every one danced.
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From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
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From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one danced.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
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From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
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From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The proprietor got up on a high stool beside the dancing-floor and began to play the accordion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The daughter came up and wanted to know what we would drink.
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From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I wish people would come earlier,” Braddocks said.
