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Chapter XII
ENGINEER SERKO'S ADVICE. Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop. No one enters it except himself. Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself? I should not wonder.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “No one enters it except himself.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “No one enters it except himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No one enters it except himself.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?”
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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 Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
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From this reading ENGINEER SERKO'S ADVICE.
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From this reading No one enters it except himself.
apart from; not including
From this reading No one enters it except himself.
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From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading No one enters it except himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should not wonder.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one enters it except himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
not any; not one
From this reading No one enters it except himself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I should not wonder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one enters it except himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
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From this reading ENGINEER SERKO'S ADVICE.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should not wonder.
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From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Does he insist upon preparing the explosive in secret and does he intend to keep the formula thereof to himself?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should not wonder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thomas Roch has started work and spends hours and hours in a wooden shed on the left bank of the lagoon that has been set apart as his laboratory and workshop.
