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Chapter IV
Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement. "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists. There were whole nations without a single college graduate." He paused and his eyes swept the hall. "That's where we came in.
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used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “"However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “There were whole nations without a single college graduate."”
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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 "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading There were whole nations without a single college graduate."
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From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
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From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
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From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
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From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
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From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading There were whole nations without a single college graduate."
not any; not one
From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
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From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
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From this reading There were whole nations without a single college graduate."
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From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
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From this reading "That's where we came in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He paused and his eyes swept the hall.
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From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
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From this reading Homer Crawford laughed, too, and nodded as though in solemn agreement.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "That's where we came in.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "However, there were also no doctors, engineers, scientists.
in or at the place that
From this reading "That's where we came in.
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From this reading There were whole nations without a single college graduate."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading There were whole nations without a single college graduate."
