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Chapter VIII
On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS: So it is to be war between us? If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum. It consists of the four following conditions: 1.
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the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
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From this reading 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
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From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
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From this reading It consists of the four following conditions:
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From this reading It consists of the four following conditions:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading It consists of the four following conditions:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading It consists of the four following conditions:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It consists of the four following conditions:
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
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From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
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From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So it is to be war between us?
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From this reading So it is to be war between us?
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From this reading On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms: MY DEAR MANAGERS:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum.
