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Chapter III
THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed. But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance. The alderman found the visit offensively, unpatriotically inopportune. “What! The King’s Majesty’s ascension day—!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The alderman found the visit offensively, unpatriotically inopportune.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.”
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading The King’s Majesty’s ascension day—!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
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From this reading The King’s Majesty’s ascension day—!”
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alderman found the visit offensively, unpatriotically inopportune.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
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From this reading The King’s Majesty’s ascension day—!”
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading The King’s Majesty’s ascension day—!”
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From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading The alderman found the visit offensively, unpatriotically inopportune.
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
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From this reading The alderman found the visit offensively, unpatriotically inopportune.
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From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But many things were inopportune—hunger, for instance.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE TWO PHYSICIANS HE went that morning to visit the alderman, inopportune as he knew the visit would be esteemed.
