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Chapter XI
AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle. Thanks. Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told. We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were. She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.”
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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 AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
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From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
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From this reading We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
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From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
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From this reading We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were.
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From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
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From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were.
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From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
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From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
a person, without saying who
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
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From this reading Thanks.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She really hadn't come all the way up from Atlanta to visit Vee even if they were old boardin'-school chums.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We got Lucy Lee on the bounce, as it were.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY Someone put on that Tales of Hoffman record, please, with a soft needle.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told.
