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Chapter XVI
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too. What had got into them all? He had done nothing to make them laugh. The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had done nothing to make them laugh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had done nothing to make them laugh.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “He had done nothing to make them laugh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.”
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From this reading What had got into them all?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had done nothing to make them laugh.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading What had got into them all?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had got into them all?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had done nothing to make them laugh.
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading What had got into them all?
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
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From this reading He had done nothing to make them laugh.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had done nothing to make them laugh.
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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He had done nothing to make them laugh.
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From this reading The people in the hotel seemed to know Jeremy Diddler, but not Caleb Klucker.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What had got into them all?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
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From this reading Wade followed the servant up the stairs; and this fellow seemed to be laughing too.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had got into them all?
