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Chapter V
FRUST. Some voice! The curtain rises. In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair. He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.”
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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 He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading The curtain rises.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading FRUST.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
above and across; more than
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading The curtain rises.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
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From this reading Some voice!
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The curtain rises.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
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From this reading Some voice!
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From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He has a pad of paper over his knee, ink on the stool to his right and the Encyclopedia volume on the stand to his left-barricaded in fact by the article he is writing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the armchair the PROFESSOR is yawning, tall, thin, abstracted, and slightly grizzled in the hair.
