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Chapter XXII
TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan. His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot. To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this! The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled. He felt inclined to laugh weakly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.”
in the direction of
From this reading “TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.”
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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 To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
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From this reading He felt inclined to laugh weakly.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading He felt inclined to laugh weakly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading He felt inclined to laugh weakly.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
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From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
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From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
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From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To have crept into the house heart in mouth and pistol in hand, to have nerved himself to meet and overcome a desperate criminal--and then to find this!
in the direction of
From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
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From this reading TOWARDS MORNING The shock of astonishment unmanned Evan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The violence of the reaction threw all his machinery out of gear; he stalled.
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From this reading His pistol arm dropped weakly at his side, his mouth hung open, he stared like an idiot.
