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Chapter IV
“Works?” And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?” “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works! And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is. You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?””
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.”
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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 “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
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From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
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From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
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From this reading And these two learned gentlemen are going to find out what it is.
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From this reading You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And McNason’s troubled mind immediately reverted to his huge factories--“What works?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
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From this reading “Works?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
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From this reading You’re ill, you know!--you’re very ill!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “YOUR works!” and the Goblin leered at him sideways with a frightful grin--“Your internal works!
