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Chapter VI
I have already explained how fatal this last would have been. For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse. The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive. It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway. The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.”
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading It was set in movement quite undiplomatically and simply by Falk’s appearance in the doorway.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
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From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
at the time that
From this reading The action itself, when it came, was purely impulsive.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The room was full by then and buzzing with voices.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I have already explained how fatal this last would have been.
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From this reading For my further action, my youth, my inexperience, my very real concern for the health of my crew must be my excuse.
