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Chapter XXIII
STRANGE DISCOVERIES. Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again. "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done. "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort." During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.”
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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 "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
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From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading STRANGE DISCOVERIES.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
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From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
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From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
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From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
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From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
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From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
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From this reading STRANGE DISCOVERIES.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock-room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
at the time that
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
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From this reading Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again.
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From this reading "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done.
