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Chapter XVII
NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again. Queered myself with Auntie. Vee's, of course. You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now. But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Vee's, of course.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.”
to think that something will happen
From this reading “NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Queered myself with Auntie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.”
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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 You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Vee's, of course.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
to think that something will happen
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Queered myself with Auntie.
not any; not one
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vee's, of course.
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From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading Queered myself with Auntie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading Vee's, of course.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But somehow we seldom hit it off just right.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NO LUCK WITH AUNTIE Well, I expect I've gone and done it again.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
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From this reading You'd most think I'd know how to handle the old girl by this time, for we've been rubbin' elbows, as you might say, for quite a few years now.
