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THROUGH THE CELLARS. “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy. There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case. Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.” “All right!”
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any thing at all
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““All right!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THROUGH THE CELLARS.”
except if; if not
From this reading “Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.””
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From this reading “All right!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
any thing at all
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading THROUGH THE CELLARS.
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy.
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
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From this reading “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All right!”
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THROUGH THE CELLARS.
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THROUGH THE CELLARS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy.
except if; if not
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
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From this reading “We’ll go to the basement, Patsy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are some points I want to clear up before going any further with this case.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Keep close behind me, now that you insist on being here, and don’t do anything unless I tell you.”
