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Chapter XIII
The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby. That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance. I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over. “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right. You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’d better go see a doctor, old man.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.”
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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 clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
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From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
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From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
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From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
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From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
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From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
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From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
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From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
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From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
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From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
above and across; more than
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had not, so he showed it to me and then looked me over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clerk rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’d better go see a doctor, old man.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you had ’em,” he said, not unkindly, “but I guess you’re all right.
