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THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends. Some cost him money. Some cost him time. Some--and they were few--cost him both. Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some cost him time.”
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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 Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some--and they were few--cost him both.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Some--and they were few--cost him both.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Some cost him money.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Some--and they were few--cost him both.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some cost him money.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Some cost him money.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Some cost him money.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BRANCH LINE Not all the investments of Bones paid dividends.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some--and they were few--cost him both.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some cost him time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some--and they were few--cost him both.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
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From this reading Somewhere in a marine store in London lie the battered wrecks of what were once electro-plated motor-lamps of a peculiar and, to Bones, sinister design.
