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Chapter XV
“Why? Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?” Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things. “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.” “Hooray!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?””
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.””
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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 Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading “Hooray!
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
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From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
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From this reading “No. He's one of old Strickland's Punjabi policemen--and quite European--I believe.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
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From this reading Stalky often visits the Infant, and has seen some odd things.
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
at the time that
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
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From this reading “Why?
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From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Is he a Yao--like the fellow Wade brought here--when your housekeeper had fits?”
