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Chapter VII
HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit. Perfectly right, too. That's the way we have 'em trained. But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys. If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “That's the way we have 'em trained.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perfectly right, too.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.”
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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, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading Perfectly right, too.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perfectly right, too.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading Perfectly right, too.
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From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
in or at the place that
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
which person or people
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
