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Chapter IV
"_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly. He glanced around the room. Three men were looking at him blankly. He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself. They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
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any person at all
From this reading “"_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “He glanced around the room.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
any person at all
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He glanced around the room.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
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From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
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From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
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From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading He glanced around the room.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
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From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
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From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
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From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading He glanced around the room.
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From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He glanced around the room.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
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From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
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From this reading "_If anyone has any further questions on operation, I'll try to answer them_," he thought quickly.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Three men were looking at him blankly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He took careful note of them, and mentally shook hands with himself.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They were the ones he'd thought would blank out.
