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Chapter I
The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson. To the right of him was a narrow window. Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city. Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board. Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To the right of him was a narrow window.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.”
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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 To the right of him was a narrow window.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
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From this reading Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
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From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
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From this reading Its square, flat roofs formed a mammoth checker-board.
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From this reading Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
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From this reading Between the squares criss-crossed the narrow black streets.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless mysterious-looking instruments, sat Curlie Carson.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through that window, a dizzy depth below, lay the city.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
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From this reading To the right of him was a narrow window.
