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Chapter XIII
GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor. He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch. When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him. He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away. "I am thinking," he said.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I am thinking," he said.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.”
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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 GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am thinking," he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
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From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading "I am thinking," he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading He declined to sit in the garden or come down to lunch.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I am thinking," he said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GATHERING JACKALS Guest for the remainder of the morning seemed to have fallen into a sort of stupor.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading He opened his eyes when I came in, but waved me away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
at the time that
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
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From this reading When I went up to his room, he was lying upon a couch, half undressed, and with a dressing-gown wrapped around him.
