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Chapter XXXVII
AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS. Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled. Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers. The judge rapped in vain. Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.”
in the direction of
From this reading “Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
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From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
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From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
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From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading The judge rapped in vain.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
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From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
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From this reading The judge rapped in vain.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
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From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Several policemen hurried to the assistance of the doorkeepers.
in the direction of
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS.
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From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading The judge rapped in vain.
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From this reading Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Those in the court-room jumped up and looked toward the door, and the confusion was redoubled.
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From this reading AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS.
