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Chapter XV
Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets. He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose. "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?" "I have decided not to," was the calm reply. "Any particular reason?"
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to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading “He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I have decided not to," was the calm reply.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"”
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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 He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading "Any particular reason?"
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading "Any particular reason?"
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading "Any particular reason?"
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From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
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From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had the air of a man fortified by a certain amount of bravado,--stimulated by some evil purpose.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I have decided not to," was the calm reply.
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From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dredlinton sank into Phipps' vacated chair and leaned back with his hands in his trousers pockets.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you don't want to sell those shares, Mr. Wingate?"
