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Chapter XVII
A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town? Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint. Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar. And the sounds and the smells! It's all good.
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later than; following
From this reading “Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It's all good.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.”
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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 A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
later than; following
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's all good.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading It's all good.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading And the sounds and the smells!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading And the sounds and the smells!
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Things seemed so fresh and crisp, and all so sort of natural and familiar.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
at the time that
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
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From this reading Why, say, that mornin' when we unloads from the _Agnes_ after a whole month of battin' around, New York looked to me like it had been touched up with gold leaf and ruby paint.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH And, speakin' of thrills, what beats gettin' back to your own home town?
