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Chapter XXII
CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened. The two men had quarrelled! Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements. In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign. But he was a writer, and not a financier.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.”
Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.
From this reading “In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.”
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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 But he was a writer, and not a financier.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But he was a writer, and not a financier.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
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From this reading But he was a writer, and not a financier.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading The two men had quarrelled!
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From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he was a writer, and not a financier.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading The two men had quarrelled!
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From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
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From this reading The two men had quarrelled!
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But he was a writer, and not a financier.
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From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading CONCERNING THE BELLAIRS AFFAIR WHAT Walter Fetherston had feared had happened.
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From this reading Throughout the whole of that evening he watched the doctor's movements.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In any other country but our dear old hood-winked England, Fetherston, in the ordinary course, would have been the recipient of high honours from the Sovereign.
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From this reading But he was a writer, and not a financier.
