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Flipping through Tom Sawyer to Learn English
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I was able to find four “went out” phrases in the whole Tom Sawyer text. I’m studying prepositions and looking at the uses of “at.” I found about 330 instances of “at” in the text, and I’ll share some of them gradually here. But for now, the four “went out” phrases I mentioned were analyzed by my best friend ChatGPT, and I’m sharing the analysis in case you want to take a look.First, a quick look at all four with their Persian translations (the translations are for my own understanding, but…
Read more…Aunt Polly was vexed to think she had overlooked that bit of circumstantial evidence, and missed a trick. Then she had a new inspiration:“Tom, you didn’t have to undo your shirt collar where I sewed it, to pump on your head, did you? Unbutton your jacket!”The trouble vanished out of Tom’s face. He opened his jacket. His shirt collar was securely sewed.“Bother! Well, go ’long with you. ================== Got these notes from ChatGPT: Aunt Polly was vexed to think she had overlooked that bit of…
Read more…While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments. Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning. Said she:“Tom, it was middling warm in school, warn’t it?”“Yes’m.”“Powerful…
Read more…Tom did play hookey, and he had a very good time. He got back home barely in season to help Jim, the small colored boy, saw next-day’s wood and split the kindlings before supper—at least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did three-fourths of the work. Tom’s younger brother (or rather half-brother) Sid was already through with his part of the work (picking up chips), for he was a quiet boy, and had no adventurous, trouble-some ways.=================Got these notes from…
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