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Chapter XXI
REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow. Would he be in time? Would he arrive too late? The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer. The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would he be in time?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would he be in time?”
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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 throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading Would he arrive too late?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would he be in time?
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would he be in time?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Would he be in time?
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading Would he arrive too late?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
not any; not one
From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would he be in time?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading REVAILLOUD REVISITED Never that familiar journey across France seemed to Chayne so slow.
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From this reading Would he arrive too late?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
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From this reading The throb of the wheels beat out the questions in a perpetual rhythm and gave him no answer.
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From this reading The words of Jarvice's telegram were ever present in his mind, and grew more sinister, the more he thought upon them.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would he be in time?
