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Chapter I
Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family. They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse.... Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes. "You're making a mistake," he said. "You'll be back."
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.”
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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 "You're making a mistake," he said.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading "You'll be back."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You'll be back."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You're making a mistake," he said.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
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From this reading "You're making a mistake," he said.
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From this reading "You're making a mistake," he said.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading "You're making a mistake," he said.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were waiting for him too--that is, for his corpse....
in the company of; together with
From this reading Captain Greene shook his shaggy head and studied Allerton with patient eyes.
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From this reading Harry spent three years in space waiting to get home to Earth--and his family.
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From this reading "You'll be back."
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From this reading "You're making a mistake," he said.
