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Chapter IX
ONE TOO MANY. “Oh, I say! It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder. But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.” Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “ONE TOO MANY.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
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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 It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I say!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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From this reading “Oh, I say!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
above and across; more than
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
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From this reading “Oh, I say!
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
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From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
but in spite of that
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
