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Chapter I
"That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor. "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?" The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile. "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you." "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “"Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “"Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."”
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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 "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
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From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
apart from; not including
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
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From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
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From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
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From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
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From this reading "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
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From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
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From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
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From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a smile.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
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From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
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From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
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From this reading "Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What's the matter with my getting taken in there?"
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From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they wouldn't take you."
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From this reading "That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor.
