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Chapter VIII
A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted. "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots. To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance. There was trouble of sorts, and Tam hated trouble. "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.”
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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 A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
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From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
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From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
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From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
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From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
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From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
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From this reading There was trouble of sorts, and Tam hated trouble.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was trouble of sorts, and Tam hated trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A QUESTION OF RANK Tam stood in the doorway of Squadron Headquarters and saluted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was trouble of sorts, and Tam hated trouble.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was trouble of sorts, and Tam hated trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come in, Sergeant Mactavish," said Blackie, and Tam's heart went down into his boots.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To be called by his surname was a happening which had only one significance.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There are some facts which General Headquarters have asked me to verify--your age is twenty-seven?"
