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Chapter II
"No, sir," answered Frank. "But I thought----" "You thought! What business have you to think?" "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face. "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"No, sir," answered Frank.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What business have you to think?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What business have you to think?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But I thought----" "You thought!”
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "No, sir," answered Frank.
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From this reading What business have you to think?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
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From this reading "No, sir," answered Frank.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What business have you to think?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I thought----" "You thought!
not any; not one
From this reading "No, sir," answered Frank.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No, sir," answered Frank.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What business have you to think?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But I can't help thinking sir, for all that."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But I thought----" "You thought!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What business have you to think?"
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What business have you to think?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But I thought----" "You thought!
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From this reading "No business, perhaps," Frank admitted, confronting the weather-beaten old drummer with his truthful, undaunted, fine young face.
