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C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners. The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively. As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail. Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor. The inspector adventured into psychology.
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above and across; more than
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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 C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The inspector adventured into psychology.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The inspector adventured into psychology.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
above and across; more than
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The inspector adventured into psychology.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading C.N. MORSE TURNS OVER A LEAF The North-West Mounted Police had authority not only to arrest, but to try and to sentence prisoners.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
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From this reading As he understood it, his business was to stop whiskey-running rather than to send men to jail.
which person or people
From this reading The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.
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From this reading Beresford's report on this young man was in his favor.
