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Chapter VI
THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders. He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes. Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested. 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.' 'But my little girl's ill!'
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'But my little girl's ill!'”
during the time that
From this reading “Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.”
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
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From this reading 'But my little girl's ill!'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
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From this reading 'But my little girl's ill!'
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
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From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'But my little girl's ill!'
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'But my little girl's ill!'
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
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From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLACKLEG The foreman shrugged his shoulders.
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From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
during the time that
From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He avoided looking at the applicant, an undersized man, with straggling black beard and dull eyes.
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From this reading Even now, while pressing his appeal, he wore an air of being but slightly interested.
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From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You know, Jones, what the conditions of employ were--keep on the works.'
