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Chapter VIII
Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move. Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first: “Hit him again, Sam!” Those were the words. What did they mean?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Hit him again, Sam!””
any thing at all
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those were the words.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
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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 Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
any thing at all
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did they mean?
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading What did they mean?
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What did they mean?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those were the words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those were the words.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did they mean?
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
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From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
