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Chapter XV
CHLORAL. It was a half hour past midnight. A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway. The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor: “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a half hour past midnight.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:”
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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 was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading CHLORAL.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
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From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a half hour past midnight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The bell gave a startling alarm, and presently, from within, a voice asked, with drowsy tremor:
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From this reading A cab drew up in front of a residence in New York, and two men bore something into the outer doorway.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Is that you, Robert, husband?”
