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“If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest.... “Nobody warned me. Nobody. It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen! YOU be warned in time, Dick.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!”
no person; not anyone
From this reading ““Nobody warned me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “YOU be warned in time, Dick.”
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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 “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading YOU be warned in time, Dick.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Nobody warned me.
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody warned me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading YOU be warned in time, Dick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “If I'd gone to a university; if I'd had any sort of sound training, if I hadn't slipped into the haphazard places that came easiest....
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From this reading “Nobody warned me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
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From this reading It isn't a world we live in, Dick; it's a cascade of accidents; it's a chaos exasperated by policemen!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading YOU be warned in time, Dick.
