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Chapter XIX
FATHER AND SON. BARBARA was mistaken. Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying. He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer. He tried the door.
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below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHER AND SON.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading BARBARA was mistaken.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading BARBARA was mistaken.
not any; not one
From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jasper had gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to his father’s house, in the belief that his father was dying.
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From this reading He tried the door.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He knocked at the blotched and scaled door under the dilapidated portico, but received no answer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BARBARA was mistaken.
