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Chapter III
THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M. _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_). Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature. _Undershell_ (_in a head voice_). I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading “_Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.”
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading _Undershell_ (_in a head voice_).
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I fear the merely ephemeral does not appeal to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading Twenty minutes to spare; time enough to lay in any quantity of light literature.
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From this reading THE TWO ANDROMEDAS _Opposite a Railway Bookstall at a London Terminus._ TIME--_Saturday_, 4.25 P.M.
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From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
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From this reading _Undershell_ (_in a head voice_).
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Drysdale_ (_to his friend_, GALFRID UNDERSHELL, _whom he is "seeing off"_).
