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Chapter I
Sure, I was carryin' the banner. But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it. When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it. I goes out and rustles for another job. And I takes my pick, too.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I goes out and rustles for another job.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sure, I was carryin' the banner.”
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
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From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
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From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
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From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
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From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And I takes my pick, too.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
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From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
above and across; more than
From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading And I takes my pick, too.
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From this reading I goes out and rustles for another job.
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From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
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From this reading And I takes my pick, too.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
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From this reading And I takes my pick, too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sure, I was carryin' the banner.
at the time that
From this reading When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it.
