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Chapter XXXIX
AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME. When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter: “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.” “Why?” asked the other. “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why?” asked the other.”
for the reason that
From this reading ““Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.”
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From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME.
for the reason that
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AN ATTACK ON NICK’S HOME.
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From this reading “Why?” asked the other.
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
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From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
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From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
at the time that
From this reading When the detective and the reporter were left alone, Nick said to the latter:
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From this reading “Why?” asked the other.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I almost regret that you fired that shot, old man.”
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From this reading “Because, Billy Young alive might have proved of great service to me in clearing up this case.
