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Chapter XI
THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?" Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room. "You look worried." "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good." Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You look worried."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.”
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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 "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
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From this reading Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
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From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
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From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
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From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
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From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You look worried."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.
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From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
not any; not one
From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
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From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
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From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
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From this reading Andrew looked Frobisher steadily in the face.
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From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
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From this reading "There's a reason for it--the mine's no good."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
at the time that
From this reading Frobisher asked his guest when they sat talking in his smoking-room.
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From this reading "You look worried."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE REAL BOSS "How have you been getting on in the bush?"
