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Chapter V
HE led the way into the street as he spoke. I felt the irresistible force of his logic. I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives. I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters. In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.”
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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 burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
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From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
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From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
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From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
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From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I felt the irresistible force of his logic.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
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From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
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From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
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From this reading I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
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From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I burned with a noble ambition to extend the sphere of the Old Masters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In short, I took the tide at the flood, and followed Dick.
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From this reading HE led the way into the street as he spoke.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I sympathized with the ardent philanthropy of his motives.
