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Chapter IX
"You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant. The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac. "What else is there to do? We must go on. There's no standing still in the world.
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used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must go on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There's no standing still in the world.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's no standing still in the world.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What else is there to do?
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From this reading "What else is there to do?
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From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading We must go on.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What else is there to do?
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must go on.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We must go on.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading "What else is there to do?
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From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
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From this reading The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must go on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What else is there to do?
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From this reading There's no standing still in the world.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You keep going, Denzil," remarked Carnac as he lighted his pipe and came close to the old servant.
