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Chapter X
"And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!" CRANDALL'S CHOICE. John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over. Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone. Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"”
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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 "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading CRANDALL'S CHOICE.
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading CRANDALL'S CHOICE.
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
every person
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
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From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
above and across; more than
From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
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From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading John Crandall sat at his office desk and thought the situation over.
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
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From this reading Crandall was rather tired and a little sleepy, so he was inclined to take a gloomy view of things.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everybody had gone and he was in the office alone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
but in spite of that
From this reading "And yet," said Harmon, with a sigh, "Englishmen have the cheek to talk of the futility of French duels!"
