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Chapter XXI
TOM TOPOVER'S RECEPTION. "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing. "Why do you give this money to me?" "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources. "I am not aware that it does.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “"Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “"Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading TOM TOPOVER'S RECEPTION.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
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From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I am not aware that it does.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
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From this reading TOM TOPOVER'S RECEPTION.
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From this reading TOM TOPOVER'S RECEPTION.
at the time that
From this reading "Sixty dollars!" exclaimed Captain Gildrock, when he had looked over the roll of bills handed him by Bent Fillwing.
which person or people
From this reading "Doesn't it belong to you, sir?" asked Bent, who had put on the meekest expression he could find among his resources.
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From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why do you give this money to me?"
