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Chapter XXI
But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove! I don't trust that woman a yard! I shall wire for Felix!' And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him. There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading “But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall wire for Felix!'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!”
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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 I don't trust that woman a yard!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading I shall wire for Felix!'
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I shall wire for Felix!'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading And the longer he lay on his back, the more the conviction bored a hole in him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall wire for Felix!'
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
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From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading I shall wire for Felix!'
in the company of; together with
From this reading But next morning, turning on his back as it came dawn, Stanley thought, with the curious intensity which in those small hours so soon becomes fear: 'By Jove!
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From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
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From this reading There was a kind of fever in the air nowadays, that women seemed to catch, as children caught the measles.
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From this reading I don't trust that woman a yard!
