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Chapter XI
With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside. “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?” “No, not exactly. But you know what we agreed at supper? We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But you know what we agreed at supper?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.”
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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 With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
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From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
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From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
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From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
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From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
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From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
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From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
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From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
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From this reading “No, not exactly.
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From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
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From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
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From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, not exactly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, not exactly.
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From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
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From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
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From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were sure that he was cheating; and it was necessary to find some pretext for counting the cards.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But you know what we agreed at supper?
which person or people
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With this thought uppermost in his mind he drew the person who had seized Pascal’s hands at the card-table a little aside.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell me,” said he, “did you actually see that young man slip the cards into the pack?”
