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Chapter V
What else _could_ it mean? Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized. Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced. Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference. And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.”
during the time that
From this reading “Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.”
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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 Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference.
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From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
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From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
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From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference.
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From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
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From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What else _could_ it mean?
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From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
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From this reading Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
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From this reading What else _could_ it mean?
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From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
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From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What else _could_ it mean?
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From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What else _could_ it mean?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
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From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Masks have only one purpose: to enable the wearer to avoid being recognized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What else _could_ it mean?
during the time that
From this reading Quite obviously the phony officers could be wearing masks for only one reason: to conceal their real identities while they manned the Stations, carrying on the tasks of the men they had displaced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carrying on the tasks of the rightful officers, but with a difference.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And that difference would almost certainly be criminal activity on a wide and daring scale.
