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Chapter III
Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message. Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted. But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note. “Hello, professor! Got my message, I see.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.”
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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 Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Got my message, I see.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading “Hello, professor!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Got my message, I see.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Got my message, I see.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
not one, and not any
From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
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From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hello, professor!
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From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Got my message, I see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But none of this showed in his manner, nor in his greeting which gave the arrival a casual note.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Face drawn and sallow, eyes staring out from under his hat brim with a glassy dullness born of hunger, fever and fatigue mingled, perhaps, with that never-sleeping fear which dogs the soul of the hunted.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Into the firelight Bill Jonathan came walking one evening, barely within the month he had given himself in the symbolic message.
