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Chapter VII
The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen. George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness. The congressman groaned. "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on. "That's when everything gets mixed up.
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the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading “"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"That's when everything gets mixed up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.”
involved with or connected to
From this reading “"That's when everything gets mixed up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
the inner sense of right and wrong
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading The congressman groaned.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
involved with or connected to
From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
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From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
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From this reading The congressman glanced compulsively in George's direction and turned ashen.
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From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
at the time that
From this reading "That's when everything gets mixed up.
in the company of; together with
From this reading George, still at half mast, stared back at him with fixed blankness.
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From this reading "Then there's the very worst sort of conscience," Toffee went on.
