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Chapter XII
We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident. The first thing was to get rooms. My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself. Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms. I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first thing was to get rooms.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first thing was to get rooms.”
in the direction of
From this reading “My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.”
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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 My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
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From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
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From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
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From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
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From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
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From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
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From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
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From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
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From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
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From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
in the direction of
From this reading My experience in the matter of Smiler inclined me toward a room by myself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first thing was to get rooms.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
in or at the place that
From this reading I found a nice, quiet German hotel in the Mission where I located, and Sanc found himself a place downtown.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We arrived in San Francisco safely and without incident.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sanc, always cautious, decided it would be safest to have separate rooms.
