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Chapter X
THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry. It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners. Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go. Don't try to make him speak. I have promised this.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have promised this.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't try to make him speak.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't try to make him speak.”
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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 HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
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From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't try to make him speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have promised this.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have promised this.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't try to make him speak.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
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From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
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From this reading I have promised this.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading Don't try to make him speak.
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From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE OF THE CROCODILE The letter had evidently been dashed off in a great hurry.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have promised this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading Don't try to make him speak.
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From this reading Give the bearer two hundred piastres and let him go.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
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From this reading It was short and written in French, the language in which "Antoun" chose to talk with foreigners.
