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Chapter I
“Did you ever kill a man?” The question came quietly out of a long silence. The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice. “No, Johnny. I never killed a man.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Did you ever kill a man?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The question came quietly out of a long silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never killed a man.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The question came quietly out of a long silence.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “The question came quietly out of a long silence.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.”
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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 “Did you ever kill a man?”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you ever kill a man?”
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you ever kill a man?”
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never killed a man.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading “No, Johnny.
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From this reading “Did you ever kill a man?”
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From this reading I never killed a man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading “Did you ever kill a man?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never killed a man.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, Johnny.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The question came quietly out of a long silence.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you ever kill a man?”
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From this reading The younger man looked up quickly from the crackling camp-fire, his eyes searching his partner’s grave face for an explanation of the strangely dull note in his voice.
