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Chapter III
Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye. I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his. It was a sane eye, too. It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity. It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.”
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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 I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity.
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From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
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From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
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From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a sane eye, too.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
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From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity.
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From this reading It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity.
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From this reading It was a sane eye, too.
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From this reading It radiated a cold and ruthless sanity.
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From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I had never seen such a horrible little eye as his.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
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From this reading It was a sane eye, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
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From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a sane eye, too.
which person or people
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Screwing up my courage, I fixed the man with my eye.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It belonged not to a man who would kill you wantonly, but to one who would not scruple to kill you for a purpose, and who would do the job quickly and neatly, and not be found out.
