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Chapter II
Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_. He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket. Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off. Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way. It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
a gradual loss of health and strength
to think that something will happen
From this reading “It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.”
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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 Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
a gradual loss of health and strength
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
to think that something will happen
From this reading It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
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From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
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From this reading It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
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From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
above and across; more than
From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
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From this reading It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
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From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
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From this reading It _wasn’t_ much of a press, I expect.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went and looked it over and sniffed in a gentle, mild-mannered sort of way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
at the time that
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
in or at the place that
From this reading He headed straight for the room where the machinery was, Gibbon’s _Decline and Fall_ sticking out of his pocket.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
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From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Tidd went along with us when we took possession of the Wicksville _Trumpet_.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Which one interested him first would have him for the morning—so Mark began to talk printing-press right off.
