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Chapter XXIV
THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES. Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age. He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht. He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout. A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.”
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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 He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
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From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
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From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
above and across; more than
From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading He was a good-looking man, of middling height, and rather stout.
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From this reading THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.
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From this reading THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.
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From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
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From this reading THROUGH VARIED STRIFE AND STRUGGLES.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A single glance at his face would have assured any one skilled in reading expressions that he was a person of great force of character.
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From this reading He was dressed in the uniform of his yacht.
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From this reading Captain Royal Gildrock was not over forty-five years of age.
