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A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door. Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills. He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand. Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end. He had never been so puzzled in his life.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “He had never been so puzzled in his life.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had never been so puzzled in his life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had never been so puzzled in his life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.”
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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 A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
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From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
next to; at the side of
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
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From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
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From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
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From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
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From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
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From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had never been so puzzled in his life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Slowly he came to the desk again, and slowly he assembled the bills.
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From this reading He rolled them in a neat, tight wad, and held them in his hand.
at the time that
From this reading A SECOND EMPLOYMENT For a moment, when he found himself alone, Garrison stood absolutely motionless beside the door.
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From this reading Word for word and look for look he reviewed the recent dialogue, shaking his head at the end.
