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THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups. Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train. “Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel. “You are just in time. I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You are just in time.”
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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 THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are just in time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
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From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
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From this reading “Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You are just in time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good morning, Brant,” said the colonel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are just in time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Having been up rather more than half the night, he was a little late at the office, and he found the chief engineer getting ready to go up the line on the day train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRING TO THE SHAFT AS for Brant, the day following the retrieval of the body of William Langford was a day to be marked in the calendar as the Feast of the Mingled Cups.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I want Grotter’s field notes to take with me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are just in time.
