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Chapter XI
THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN. The cause of that rapping at the door was this. Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive. Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel. In the hall he encountered a porter.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.”
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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 Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading In the hall he encountered a porter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading In the hall he encountered a porter.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the hall he encountered a porter.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN.
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From this reading In the hall he encountered a porter.
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From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
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From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hastily seeing his luggage on to a cab, he drove off to the hotel.
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From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
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From this reading THE ARRIVAL OF THE OTHER TWIN.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cause of that rapping at the door was this.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Cecil Buxton arrived by the train by which he had informed Miss Danvers, by letter, that he would arrive.
