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Chapter XXIV
Inspector Jacks was in luck at last. Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply. Today he was asked to wait. The patient was better--would be able to see him. Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Today he was asked to wait.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The patient was better--would be able to see 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 Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Today he was asked to wait.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
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From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
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From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
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From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
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From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
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From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
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From this reading Eleven times he had called at St. Thomas’s Hospital and received the same reply.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Today he was asked to wait.
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From this reading Today he was asked to wait.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Soon a nurse in neat uniform came quietly down the corridor and took charge of him.
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From this reading Today he was asked to wait.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Inspector Jacks was in luck at last.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The patient was better--would be able to see him.
