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Chapter III
TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night. He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered. Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness. It had been a mistake to try to bargain. Regrets, though, would do him no good.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been a mistake to try to bargain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Regrets, though, would do him no good.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Regrets, though, would do him no good.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Regrets, though, would do him no good.”
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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 TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading It had been a mistake to try to bargain.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been a mistake to try to bargain.
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From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading It had been a mistake to try to bargain.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
not any; not one
From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
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From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
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From this reading It had been a mistake to try to bargain.
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From this reading He had the uncomfortable conviction that he had blundered.
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From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
which person or people
From this reading TIM STANDS BY It was a very quiet Don who sat down to supper that night.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Having started to see Bobbie past trouble, he should have seen him past with quiet firmness.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Regrets, though, would do him no good.
