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Chapter XV
SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night. He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole. "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?" Sangster stared. "Heard!
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"”
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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 was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
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From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
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From this reading Sangster stared.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
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From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SANGSTER SPEAKS IN RIDDLES Sangster heard of Cynthia Farrow's death late that night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
at the time that
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was walking up Fleet Street when he ran into a man he knew--a man whom Jimmy knew also; he stopped and caught him by his buttonhole.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I say, have you heard--awful thing, isn't it?"
