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Chapter XXIII
The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat. I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts. “This won’t do! I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense! You let my men in!”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “You let my men in!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!”
during the time that
From this reading “I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “This won’t do!
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading You let my men in!”
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From this reading You let my men in!”
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The inspector I dragged in by the collar of his coat.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This won’t do!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
during the time that
From this reading I slammed the door in the faces of his friends, keeping my foot against it while I shot the bolts.
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From this reading “This won’t do!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You let my men in!”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m not going to stand any more of your nonsense!
