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Chapter XXIV
RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached. The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion: "You and I have got to have a talk. Plain talk." Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"You and I have got to have a talk.”
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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 moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading Plain talk."
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
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From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
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From this reading Dick's anxiety was evidenced in the tone of his voice as he said:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
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From this reading RESTORED SIGHT Dick led the way; Masters followed; the cabin was reached.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
in the company of; together with
From this reading The moment they had entered, the author put his back against the door; spoke with a gravity which alarmed his companion:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You and I have got to have a talk.
