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1  "I done a real bad thing," he said.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 5
2  George gonna say I done a bad thing.
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Context   In CHAPTER 5
3  Why he'd do any damn thing I tol him.
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Context   In CHAPTER 3
4  "That's a dirty thing to tell around," he said.
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Context   In CHAPTER 2
5  And s'pose he does the same thing and gets licked.
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Context   In CHAPTER 2
6  "Ain't a thing in my pocket," Lennie said cleverly.
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Context   In CHAPTER 1
7  And then he whispered in fright, "I done a bad thing."
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Context   In CHAPTER 5
8  "Be a damn good thing if you was," George said viciously.
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Context   In CHAPTER 2
9  This thing they had never really believed in was coming true.
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Context   In CHAPTER 3
10  Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever'thing he likes.
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Context   In CHAPTER 3
11  He said, "This ain't no bad thing like I got to go hide in the brush."
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Context   In CHAPTER 5
12  I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing I could think of.
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Context   In CHAPTER 1
13  Christ knows George done ever'thing he could to jack you outta the sewer, but it don't do no good.
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Context   In CHAPTER 6
14  They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about.
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Context   In CHAPTER 3
15  'So he reaches out to feel this red dress an' the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on 'cause that's the only thing he can think to do.'
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Context   In CHAPTER 3