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Chapter IV
RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_). Formidable old party opposite me in the furs! Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though! Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up! Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.”
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading “Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!”
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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 RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
any thing at all
From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
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From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
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From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
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From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
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From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
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From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
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From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
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From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
above and across; more than
From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
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From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
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From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
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From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Formidable old party opposite me in the furs!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nice-looking girl over in the corner; not a patch on my Emma, though!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS _In a First-class Compartment._ _Spurrell_ (_to himself_).
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From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
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From this reading Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
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From this reading Can't be anything wrong with my turn out.
