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Chapter XXI
THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature. Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return. Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for. "Where to, sir?" The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.”
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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 THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
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From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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From this reading "Where to, sir?"
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From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had hung on the chance of Masters' needing to return.
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From this reading The query called down through the trap in the cab roof.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
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From this reading THE ONLY WAY The cabman was of a speculative nature.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where to, sir?"
which person or people
From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
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From this reading Half-sovereign fares are not picked up every hour in the day; the man who dispensed them was worth waiting for.
