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Chapter I
There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason! I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner. They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up. And that I had better get out of their way. I got.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.”
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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 There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading And that I had better get out of their way.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
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From this reading And that I had better get out of their way.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading I got.
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And that I had better get out of their way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And that I had better get out of their way.
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From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading I stepped back out of the gutter and watched the tight clot of men disappear around the corner.
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From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
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From this reading They hadn't really been menacing, just had made it obvious they weren't going to break up.
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From this reading There was a reason why the city acted the way it did ... and we were the reason!
