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Chapter IV
The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves. All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes. You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come. One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all. “Howdy!” says Mark.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.”
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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 All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
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From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
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From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
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From this reading “Howdy!” says Mark.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
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From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading “Howdy!” says Mark.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
not any; not one
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
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From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
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From this reading “Howdy!” says Mark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
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From this reading One second he wasn’t there; the next second there he was, and no fuss about it at all.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading All of a sudden we looked up and there he was standing in the door, squinting at us with his disagreeable eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first thing that happened was the coming of the Man With the Black Gloves.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You haven’t any idea how quiet he’d come.
