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Chapter XXIX
The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers. The evening sheets were sure to make a spread. The actors were bound to gossip, and the stage-hands. Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement. Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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every person
From this reading “Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.”
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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 The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The actors were bound to gossip, and the stage-hands.
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From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The actors were bound to gossip, and the stage-hands.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
every person
From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The actors were bound to gossip, and the stage-hands.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
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From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
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From this reading The actors were bound to gossip, and the stage-hands.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore almost everybody would join in the race for publication.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The evening sheets were sure to make a spread.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Somebody would tell some reporter and gain a little credit or a little excitement.
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From this reading The impromptu epilogue to the play and the abandonment of the theater by the young star had occurred too late to reach the next morning’s papers.
