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Chapter XVII
WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy. But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind. He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse. Something like that. Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something like that.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.”
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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 But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
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From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
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From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
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From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Something like that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something like that.
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From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
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From this reading But then, Piddie has that kind of a mind.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anyway, he's long on gloom and short on faith in human nature, and he goes gum-shoein' through life lookin' as slit-eyed as a tourist tom-cat four blocks from his own backyard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
at the time that
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
which person or people
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN It was Mr. Piddie who first begun workin' up suspicions about Vincent, our fair haired super-office boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He must have been born on the dark of the moon when the wind was east in the year of the big eclipse.
