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Chapter XXIII
THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE. “Have you done the trick?” Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes. It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape. On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you done the trick?””
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have you done the trick?””
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.”
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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 It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
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From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you done the trick?”
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you done the trick?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
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From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
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From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
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From this reading Stone dropped back on the soft cushions of the car and passed his hands across his eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It had been a hasty and disordered flight that had followed his act, and had carried him down the fire escape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On reaching the lower platform, he had crawled through the ladder opening and let himself down and dropped to the pavement of the court.
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From this reading “Have you done the trick?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you done the trick?”
