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Chapter VIII
NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up. Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out. Nice lookin' young chap, too. Oh, say thirty or better. I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.”
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading “NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.”
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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 Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading Oh, say thirty or better.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Nice lookin' young chap, too.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Nice lookin' young chap, too.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Nice lookin' young chap, too.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Oh, say thirty or better.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Oh, say thirty or better.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading Oh, say thirty or better.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading Nice lookin' young chap, too.
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From this reading Or else he'd gone into a trance and couldn't get out.
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From this reading I don't know as he'd qualify as a perfect male, but he has good lines and the kind of profile that had most of the lady typists stretchin' their necks.
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From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NICKY AND THE SETTING HEN Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
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From this reading Nice lookin' young chap, too.
