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Chapter XXI
THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it. The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account. Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street. The authorities began to be concerned. They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The authorities began to be concerned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.”
in the direction of
From this reading “THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.”
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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 newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading The authorities began to be concerned.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The authorities began to be concerned.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The authorities began to be concerned.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading The authorities began to be concerned.
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From this reading Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.
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From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.
not any; not one
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the night the crowd increased in the street.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
in the direction of
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
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From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They acted as if the occasion of public interest was a fire.
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From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE ASKING In the morning the thoughts of England were turned towards that house in Islington: and no small number of its people were on their way to it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The newspapers besieged it with their representatives--on a useless quest, though their columns did not lack news on that account.
