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Chapter VI
“Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane. “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked. 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night. That's jest what' e's earned. Three bob.
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for the reason that
From this reading ““Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.”
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From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
for the reason that
From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
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From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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From this reading That's jest what' e's earned.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading That's jest what' e's earned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
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From this reading 'E ain't earned more than three bob to-night.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
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From this reading “Well, genelmen, it ain't because 'e's overworked.
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From this reading “Hope they'll get better horses than this,” for we are crawling painfully up the tortuous reaches of West End Lane.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That's jest what' e's earned.
