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Chapter XI
A CRISIS. All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office. Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual. As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk. Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.”
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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 A CRISIS.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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From this reading A CRISIS.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
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From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
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From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
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From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading All this time affairs had been going on very quietly in the office.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing could be more punctual, more painstaking than he was.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
at the time that
From this reading Mr. Brownlow came and went every day, and Jack when it suited him, and business went on as usual.
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From this reading As for young Powys, he had turned out an admirable clerk.
