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Chapter VIII
THE DISCOVERY. At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board. "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked. It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening. Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.”
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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 It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
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From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
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From this reading THE DISCOVERY.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
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From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DISCOVERY.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
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From this reading At nine o'clock that evening, Mr. Emblem looked up from the chess board.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Iris blushed, and said that perhaps he was not coming.
at the time that
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is Mr. Arbuthnot this evening, my dear?" he asked.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
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From this reading It would be significant in some houses when a young man is expected every evening.
