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Chapter XXII
How's Rendal getting on?' Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer. 'Oh, Rendal's all right. That is to say, he will be all right. Just now he's suffering from shock.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Oh, Rendal's all right.”
the captain of a small ship or boat
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
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From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
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From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
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From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
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From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
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From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
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From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
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From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
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From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
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From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
the captain of a small ship or boat
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
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From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
