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Chapter VII
A DANGEROUS WOMAN. Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed. She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare. At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him. He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.”
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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 A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
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From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
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From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the corner of Twenty-eighth Street the detective heard some one call him.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
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From this reading She walked down Fourteenth Street to Eighth Avenue, and turned up that thoroughfare.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He turned, and saw that it was Tambourine Jack.
at the time that
From this reading Nick Carter kept Louise Calhoun in sight, and when she left the store he followed.
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From this reading A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
