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Chapter VII
CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city. Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy. "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters. "Smashed him up right? Bully for you.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Smashed him up right?”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.”
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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 CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading Bully for you.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bully for you.
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From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
above and across; more than
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Smashed him up right?
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading "Smashed him up right?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading "Smashed him up right?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
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From this reading CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK Having boarded an interurban car, Curlie slept his way into the city.
in or at the place that
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Once there he hurried over to the secret tower room, where the news of his night's adventure was received with great joy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you got him!" exclaimed Coles Masters.
