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Chapter III
“We’re busy men, Mr. Huss. What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all? Where does it come in? What’s its practical value? Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where does it come in?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.”
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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 What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading “We’re busy men, Mr. Huss.
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where does it come in?
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where does it come in?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading “We’re busy men, Mr. Huss.
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From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Where does it come in?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Where does it come in?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading What’s its practical value?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading “We’re busy men, Mr. Huss.
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From this reading “We’re busy men, Mr. Huss.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
above and across; more than
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading What’s its practical value?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading “We’re busy men, Mr. Huss.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
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From this reading What’s its practical value?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where does it come in?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading Words it is, all words, and getting away from the plain and definite question we came to talk over and settle and have done with.
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From this reading What do _we_ know of the world being a scheme of imperfect satisfaction and what all?
