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Chapter XXIV
THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED. The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag? So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!" We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall. "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
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From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
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From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
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From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
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From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
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From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
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From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
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From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So it was to take my bag that you asked me to release you!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We heard hurried steps, Christine running back to the Louis-Philippe room, as though to seek shelter on the other side of our wall.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "What are you running away for?" asked the furious voice, which had followed her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The voice repeated angrily: "What have you done with my bag?
