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Chapter V
IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE. She had been dead about a week. The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively. The young surgeon bent over her attentively. "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “She had been dead about a week.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She had been dead about a week.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had been dead about a week.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The young surgeon bent over her attentively.”
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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 She had been dead about a week.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had been dead about a week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been dead about a week.
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From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
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From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
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From this reading "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been dead about a week.
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From this reading "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been dead about a week.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
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From this reading "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
above and across; more than
From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been dead about a week.
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From this reading "Starved to death?" said Blunt interrogatively.
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From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
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From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
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From this reading She had been dead about a week.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The features and clothing were scarcely recognizable; the limbs were drawn up convulsively.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE.
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From this reading The young surgeon bent over her attentively.
