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Chapter XXIX
THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest. Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish. "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he. "It might have been the chimpanzee." "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"It might have been the chimpanzee."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"It might have been the chimpanzee."”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “"It might have been the chimpanzee."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.”
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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 BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "It might have been the chimpanzee."
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
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From this reading "It might have been the chimpanzee."
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It might have been the chimpanzee."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "It might have been the chimpanzee."
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading "It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he.
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From this reading Then Whopper spoke of the face he had seen as looking particularly impish.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
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From this reading THE BOTTOM OF A MYSTERY All the others listened to Tommy's words with interest.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
