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A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky. I ain't as a rule. My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office. But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment. She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.”
to think that something will happen
From this reading “A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.”
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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 A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
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From this reading I ain't as a rule.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I ain't as a rule.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
to think that something will happen
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
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From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
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From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading I ain't as a rule.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY I expect I shouldn't have been so finicky.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
at the time that
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
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From this reading My usual play is to press the button and take whoever is sent in from the general office.
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From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
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From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She got real haughty when I pointed out that we was using only one "l" in Albany now, but nothing I could say would keep her from writing Bridgeport as two words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the last young lady typist they'd wished on me must have eased in on the job with a diploma from some hair-dressin' establishment.
