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Chapter IV
III. CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT. _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!" _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night. I didn't sleep well."
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later than; following
From this reading “_General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “_Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't sleep well."”
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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 _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
later than; following
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT.
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT.
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From this reading I didn't sleep well."
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT.
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading III.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading I didn't sleep well."
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
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From this reading I didn't sleep well."
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From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
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From this reading CONSTANCE, BARTLETT, _and_ GENERAL WYATT.
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From this reading _General Wyatt_, with a queer look.--"Yes, I find it rests me after a bad night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Constance_, fighting her way through the smoke to the General's chair.--"Why, papa, how you _have_ been smoking!"
