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Chapter VI
WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him. “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.” “Meaning?” “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.” “You or me?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.””
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading ““That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
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From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
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From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
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From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You or me?”
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From this reading “Meaning?”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “You or me?”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
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From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT TESSIE SAW AS the others started for the door, Ned Knox touched Mears on the arm and detained him.
in or at the place that
From this reading “That we must look where evidence points,--even if it’s to one of ourselves.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Look here, Roly,” he said, “we can’t handle this thing with gloves on, you know.”
