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Chapter III
"'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent. '_I_ know. So why should I ask you further? Get out of here.' "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Get out of here.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “"I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."”
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From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading So why should I ask you further?
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading So why should I ask you further?
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From this reading Get out of here.'
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Get out of here.'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Get out of here.'
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From this reading Get out of here.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading So why should I ask you further?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So why should I ask you further?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading "'Well, _I_ know,' said the agent.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I went back to my uncle and said nothing to him of this very disagreeable conversation, but I knew quite well even then that I had not heard the last of this matter."
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From this reading So why should I ask you further?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So why should I ask you further?
