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Chapter XVIII
[Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company. MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.] [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows. Their faces and manners have quite changed. KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “[The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Their faces and manners have quite changed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Their faces and manners have quite changed.”
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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 [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
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From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
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From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
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From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
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From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
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From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their faces and manners have quite changed.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading [Slowly the music dies away in the distance to a drum-tap and the tramp of a company.
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
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From this reading KATHERINE follows them as far as the window.]
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From this reading [The DEPUTATION troop back across the terrace, and come in at the French windows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MORE stops at the table, covering his eyes with his hands.]
