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Chapter XV
MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps. He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble. Then the words of the thin man below reached him. "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother. Damn good thing we were right.
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Then the words of the thin man below reached him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Damn good thing we were right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.”
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading “MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Damn good thing we were right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Then the words of the thin man below reached him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Damn good thing we were right.”
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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 MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading Damn good thing we were right.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Damn good thing we were right.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
not any; not one
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Damn good thing we were right.
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From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
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From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Damn good thing we were right.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He stopped for a second, but there was no sign of trouble.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
at the time that
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MURDOCH'S MANTLE There were three men, each with a white circle painted on chest and left arm, talking to Mother Corey when Bruce Gordon came down the rickety steps.
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From this reading Then the words of the thin man below reached him.
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From this reading "So we figured when we found the stiffs maybe you'd come back, Mother.
