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Chapter XXIV
ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face. “Look here, Sam! Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday. Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?” “Who’s us?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Sam!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?””
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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 ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Sam!
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Sam!
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
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From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
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From this reading Bob Owen’s sent me two tickets to the Harvard-Yale Freshman ball game on Wednesday.
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From this reading “Who’s us?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading ROBERT OWEN, FRESHMAN On the Monday following the Hillbury games, Duncan rushed in with a letter in his hand, and an eager look on his face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you suppose they’d let us off to go?”
