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Chapter XI
“Where, then?” “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.” I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch. “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.””
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
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From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
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From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
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From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
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From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
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From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
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From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
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From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
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From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
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From this reading “Where, then?”
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
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From this reading He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where, then?”
