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Chapter XXXVII
THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands. "Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again. "But I _am_ glad to see you! I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing! Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “"Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.”
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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 THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
the two together, not just one
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
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From this reading Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.
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From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
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From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
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From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
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From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
not any; not one
From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
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From this reading Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
above and across; more than
From this reading "Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading "Well! well! well! well!" he cried over and over again.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
in or at the place that
From this reading I'd no idea where you were or what you were doing!
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From this reading Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GOLDEN WEB He thrust away his watch and the pistol and with a shout of joy seized both my hands.
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From this reading Why couldn't you write a man occasionally?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But I _am_ glad to see you!
