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Chapter XXIV
“You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.” I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.” “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly. The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness. “You have murdered her.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.”
a dishonest or unscrupulous person
From this reading ““You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.””
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
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From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You have murdered her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
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From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
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From this reading “You have murdered her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
a dishonest or unscrupulous person
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
