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Chapter XXIII
A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up. "Arrange to get my stuff away from here. I reckon, and back to my hotel. Then I want to hear how you traced me." "I'll tell you.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I want to hear how you traced me."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Arrange to get my stuff away from here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I'll tell you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.”
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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 LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
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From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
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From this reading "Arrange to get my stuff away from here.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
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From this reading "Arrange to get my stuff away from here.
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From this reading I reckon, and back to my hotel.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Arrange to get my stuff away from here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Arrange to get my stuff away from here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I reckon, and back to my hotel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I reckon, and back to my hotel.
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From this reading "I'll tell you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I reckon, and back to my hotel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Arrange to get my stuff away from here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'll tell you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LAWYER'S ADVICE "Now, what's the first thing to be done, my dear chap?" asked De Royster, as Roy loosed the lasso from the bed and coiled it up.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then I want to hear how you traced me."
