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Chapter IV
Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously. Schuyler was never abstracted. She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead. "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts. "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.”
a period of time or extent
From this reading “Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Schuyler was never abstracted.”
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From this reading Schuyler was never abstracted.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
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From this reading "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
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From this reading "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
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From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
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From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was saying--" He appealed to Blake, half-helplessly, half-whimsically.
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From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
a period of time or extent
From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Schuyler was never abstracted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
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From this reading Schuyler was never abstracted.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
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From this reading Kathryn looked up, at length, anxiously.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Schuyler was never abstracted.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
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From this reading "Why--oh, yes," he floundered, trying to marshal his scattered thoughts.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She prompted: "You were saying, Jack, dear--" Schuyler drew his hand, palm out, across his forehead.
