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Chapter III
“What is it, Thorndyke? What are you looking at?” And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend. Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window. “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.”
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From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
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From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you looking at?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What are you looking at?”
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
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From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it, Thorndyke?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What is it, Thorndyke?
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading What are you looking at?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
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From this reading “My gracious!” ejaculated the latter as he drew nearer.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the American slowly left the bed and approached his friend.
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From this reading “What is it, Thorndyke?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it, Thorndyke?
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
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From this reading Thorndyke only held the curtain further back and watched Johnston's face as he looked through the wide plate-glass window.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What are you looking at?”
