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Chapter XI
And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman. A strange thing happened then. Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk. He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back. "You are Garry?
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A strange thing happened then.”
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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 And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are Garry?
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From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading "You are Garry?
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From this reading A strange thing happened then.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
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From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading A strange thing happened then.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
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From this reading A strange thing happened then.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A strange thing happened then.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
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From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are Garry?
