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Chapter XIII
A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone. After preliminary greetings she asked a question. “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning? There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.” “I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.
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later than; following
From this reading “After preliminary greetings she asked a question.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After preliminary greetings she asked a question.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “After preliminary greetings she asked a question.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?”
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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 A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
later than; following
From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading “I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading “I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
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From this reading “I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ll make it convenient,” came the answer.
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
above and across; more than
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
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From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After preliminary greetings she asked a question.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
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From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
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From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A JOB Betty rose at daybreak and got Justin Merrick on the telephone.
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From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
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From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading There’s something I want to talk over with you if you have time.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Would it be convenient for you to come down this morning?
