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Chapter VI
It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table. I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers. Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board. "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?" I said.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.”
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our 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 It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
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From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
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From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind us there was a murmur of conversation and the thump of darts against a board.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
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From this reading I watched Foster spread out his maps and papers.
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From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
at the time that
From this reading It was almost sundown when Foster and I pushed through the door to the saloon bar at the Ancient Sinner and found a corner table.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "When are you going to give up and admit we're wasting our time?"
