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_How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass. "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly. Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking. "Not at all. Somebody who looks like him.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “_How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “"Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody who looks like him.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading "Not at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
next to; at the side of
From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading Somebody who looks like him.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading Somebody who looks like him.
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From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not at all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody who looks like him.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
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From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Isn't that Rogers Snead at that table?" he heard himself say stupidly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
which person or people
From this reading Somebody who looks like him.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Howell, the man across the table from him, looked embarrassed without looking.
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From this reading _How much is the impossible worth?_ Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass.
