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Chapter VII
THE WELCOME HOME. Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris. When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust. It sounded tame, formal, insincere. He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading “When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.”
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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 Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading It sounded tame, formal, insincere.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading THE WELCOME HOME.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading It sounded tame, formal, insincere.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
above and across; more than
From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
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From this reading It sounded tame, formal, insincere.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading It sounded tame, formal, insincere.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WELCOME HOME.
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From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading THE WELCOME HOME.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
at the time that
From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He felt that such a letter would fail of its mission.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading Parmenter went back from New York to his home, and spent a night writing a letter to Professor Lee, which was to reach him at Paris.
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From this reading When it was finished the young man read it over, and threw it from him in disgust.
