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Chapter VIII
“‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat. Hurry up!’ “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money. “Solly wasn’t there. Neither was the smooth-haired lady.
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not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither was the smooth-haired lady.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.”
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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 “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
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From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
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From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading Hurry up!’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
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From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading Neither was the smooth-haired lady.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither was the smooth-haired lady.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “‘I’m a detective,’ says I, ‘and I don’t eat.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading Neither was the smooth-haired lady.
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From this reading “Solly wasn’t there.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “Solly wasn’t there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading Hurry up!’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “As soon as I got to the restaurant I felt in the lines of my palms that I should beware of a tall, red, damfool man, and I was going to lose a sum of money.
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From this reading “Solly wasn’t there.
