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Chapter VII
STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash. "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared. "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York? Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?" "That's better.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?”
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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 STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
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From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading "That's better.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
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From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
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From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
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From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
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From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "More nerves!" croaked his grim-visaged relative, but the revolver disappeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading "That's better.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Above all, why did you straightway commit a crime that cannot fail to stir the whole country?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
in the company of; together with
From this reading STILL MERE MYSTERY Meiklejohn pushed his chair back so quickly that it caught the fender and brought down some fire-irons with a crash.
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From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tell me," said the tortured Meiklejohn; "why have you returned to New York?
