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Chapter XIII
WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock. Three o'clock. Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office. "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other. "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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any thing at all
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
any thing at all
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
an old word for “before”
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
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From this reading "It's swift as fate and in certain places deep as hell.
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From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
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From this reading Three o'clock.
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From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
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From this reading "That 'ere mill stream never gives up anything it has once caught," muttered one into the ear of the other.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Two men were talking below their breaths in the otherwise empty office.
in or at the place that
From this reading WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIERCEST Two o'clock.
