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For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters. He opened the one on the top. How strange! The handwriting was not unlike his own. But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He opened the one on the top.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “But that was too trivial to marvel over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.”
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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 For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
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From this reading How strange!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He opened the one on the top.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He opened the one on the top.
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From this reading He opened the one on the top.
above and across; more than
From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading How strange!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading He opened the one on the top.
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From this reading But that was too trivial to marvel over.
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From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The handwriting was not unlike his own.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
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From this reading For a moment Nelson stared up into the withered face above him, and then, with a groan of dawning conviction, he took the letters.
