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Chapter II
JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES. Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority. He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant. But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity. His one ambition was to be a detective.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “His one ambition was to be a detective.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
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From this reading His one ambition was to be a detective.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
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From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
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From this reading JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His one ambition was to be a detective.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading His one ambition was to be a detective.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES.
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From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
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From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
not any; not one
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His one ambition was to be a detective.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
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From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack Barnes, at this time, had just attained his majority.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But it was by no means his intention ever to practise the profession, which he was acquiring with much assiduity.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was studying law with Messrs. Dudley & Bliss, and acting as their office assistant.
