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Chapter XIX
MR. MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe. It was less difficult to believe that he was lying. There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman. He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.”
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading “There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.”
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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 He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was less difficult to believe that he was lying.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading It was less difficult to believe that he was lying.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading It was less difficult to believe that he was lying.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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not any; not one
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
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From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was less difficult to believe that he was lying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH Ling Chu's story was not difficult to believe.
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From this reading There is no inventor in the world so clever, so circumstantial, so exact as to detail, as the Chinaman.
