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Chapter XX
WARM WORK. “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief. “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear. “I’m shot!” he cried again. “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’m shot!” he cried again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’m shot!” he cried again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’m shot!” he cried again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’m shot!” he cried again.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.
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From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.
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From this reading “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m shot!” he cried again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “I’m shot!” he cried again.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
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From this reading “I’m shot!” he cried again.
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From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
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From this reading “Some one fired into the telephone box from the court.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading WARM WORK.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What has happened, Mr.----” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear.
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From this reading WARM WORK.
