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Chapter IX
The nightmares started in Beirut. Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University. He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired. It was late August and things had not gone too well. Agents had disappeared.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Agents had disappeared.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was late August and things had not gone too well.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
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From this reading The nightmares started in Beirut.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Agents had disappeared.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The nightmares started in Beirut.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading The nightmares started in Beirut.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading The nightmares started in Beirut.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nightmares started in Beirut.
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From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
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From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Stan's apartment was a modern one, just a block from the American University.
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From this reading It was late August and things had not gone too well.
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From this reading He had opened the wood-slat Venetian blinds and had gone to bed, feeling dead tired.
