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Chapter VII
HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab. "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained. "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so. Everybody drinks too much there. The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “"Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody drinks too much there.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.”
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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 HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading Everybody drinks too much there.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
every person
From this reading Everybody drinks too much there.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
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From this reading Everybody drinks too much there.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading The table-linen isn't clean, and the barmaids are too familiar.
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From this reading HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I can't stand the Golden Lion any longer," he explained.
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From this reading Everybody drinks too much there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
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From this reading Everybody drinks too much there.
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From this reading HESITATION Mr. Waddington called a taxicab.
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From this reading "Somehow or other, the place seems to have changed in the most extraordinary manner' during the last week or so.
