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Chapter XXV
|THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in. “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table. “I've just been talkin' to my sister. She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain. She says she's actually astonished.
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later than; following
From this reading “|THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.”
very surprised
From this reading “She says she's actually astonished.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ““I've just been talkin' to my sister.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.”
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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 “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading She says she's actually astonished.
later than; following
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
very surprised
From this reading She says she's actually astonished.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
above and across; more than
From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She says she's actually astonished.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says she's actually astonished.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
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From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
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From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading “I've just been talkin' to my sister.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Hello!” was his half-tentative greeting, as he slouched in and took a chair near the table.
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From this reading |THAT evening after supper, as Paul sat writing in his room, his employer came to the door and looked in.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She's powerful tickled over the effect on Eth' of your trip over the mountain.
