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Chapter XXIV
The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine. I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun. He came up to me. “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night. The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.”
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
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From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading He came up to me.
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From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
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From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
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From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
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From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
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From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He came up to me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He came up to me.
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From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
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From this reading I found the Doctor on deck basking in the sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He came up to me.
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From this reading He came up to me.
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From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading The next day, Monday, the 8th of April, the weather was very fine.
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From this reading “Ah well!” said he, “our poor sufferer died in the night.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The doctor never gave him up—oh, those doctors! they never will give in.
