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Chapter XV
|Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!' 'Back to America, Hiram!' Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once. 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?' Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'”
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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. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
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From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
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From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hiram flung himself back in moody dejection on the ottoman in the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Audouin cried in dismay, for he guessed the cause instinctively at once.
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From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
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From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
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From this reading 'Why, what on earth do you want to do that for?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading |Mr. Audouin,' Hiram cried, bursting into his friend's rooms in a fever of despair, three days later, 'I've come to tell you I'm going back to America!'
