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Chapter VII
"There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_? Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago? I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw. There you had quickness of perception, and nerve. All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
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From this reading “I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.”
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From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
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From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There you had quickness of perception, and nerve.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
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From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
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From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
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From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
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From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
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From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
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From this reading There you had quickness of perception, and nerve.
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From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
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From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
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From this reading There you had quickness of perception, and nerve.
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From this reading There you had quickness of perception, and nerve.
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From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
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From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
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From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
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From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
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From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
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From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
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From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell you, his getting that letter from old Brown was one of the cleverest bits of diplomacy I ever saw.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
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From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the time he was talking to old Brown he was just taking that man's measure.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
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From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Didn't I say George Stratton was the brightest newspaper man in Chicago?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There!" said Speed to Brenton, triumphantly, "what do you think of _that_?
