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Chapter XXXII
I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book. Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm. I looked at first at the hand. It was feminine and delicately gloved. Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I looked at first at the hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I looked at first at the hand.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.”
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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 Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I looked at first at the hand.
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From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
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From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
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From this reading It was feminine and delicately gloved.
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From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading It was feminine and delicately gloved.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked at first at the hand.
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From this reading It was feminine and delicately gloved.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was feminine and delicately gloved.
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From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked at first at the hand.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading I examined the tickets carefully and placed them in my pocket-book.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
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From this reading Then I looked upwards into the blue eyes of Lady Delahaye.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was feminine and delicately gloved.
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From this reading Then I paused to light a cigarette on my way out of the office, and almost immediately felt a hand upon my arm.
