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Chapter XXI
MARK COMES TO TOWN. Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp. That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case. Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp. Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.”
every person
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.”
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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 Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
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From this reading MARK COMES TO TOWN.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
every person
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading MARK COMES TO TOWN.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
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From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
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From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
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From this reading Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARK COMES TO TOWN.
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From this reading MARK COMES TO TOWN.
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From this reading Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
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From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty was very, very tired, having walked nearly twenty miles that day without getting even so much as a square meal.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would have called him Tired Tim; but to everybody else he was a plain tramp.
