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Chapter XV
“Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.” “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy. “Talk about coals to Newcastle! Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it? Saw the old codger on the beach.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““Talk about coals to Newcastle!”
any person at all
From this reading ““Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.””
during the time that
From this reading “Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?”
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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 Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Talk about coals to Newcastle!
any person at all
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
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From this reading “Talk about coals to Newcastle!
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From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
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From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
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From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading “Talk about coals to Newcastle!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
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From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
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From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading “Four-thousand-dollar stock of goods!” gasped Keogh, in ecstasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
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From this reading “Talk about coals to Newcastle!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Saw the old codger on the beach.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Don’t tell me,” he said, “that anybody was fool enough to take that letter seriously.”
during the time that
From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
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From this reading Why didn’t he take a ship-load of palm-leaf fans to Spitzbergen while he was about it?
