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Chapter IV
"The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters. But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it. We're going to need it." "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men. And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We're going to need it."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.”
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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 "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
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From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
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From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
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From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
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From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
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From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
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From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
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From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
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From this reading We're going to need it."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We're going to need it."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The evidence," said Lockley as Jill looked at him ashen-faced, "the evidence is all for monsters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If they aren't monsters," said Jill in a stricken voice, "Then--then they're men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there was something in that broadcast that calls for courage, and I want to summon it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're going to need it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And we have a cold war with only one country, and they're the only ones who'd play a deadly trick like this.
