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Chapter XXXIII
THE NEW MINISTER. "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death. "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green. "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man. That's the worst of it.
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later than; following
From this reading “"Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “"Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.”
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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 "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
later than; following
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading THE NEW MINISTER.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
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From this reading THE NEW MINISTER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW MINISTER.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
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From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I don't suppose he was turned thirty, and he was a useful man,--a very useful man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Poor old Paragon!" exclaimed Archibald Currie, as he stood with his back to the fire among his colleagues at the Foreign Office on the day after John Morton's death.
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From this reading That's the worst of it.
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From this reading "Poor young Paragon! that's the pity of it," said Mounser Green.
