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Chapter V
A thought seemed suddenly to strike him. Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude. "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand. "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right." Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.”
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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 A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
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From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
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From this reading Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
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From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
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From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
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From this reading Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
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From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
above and across; more than
From this reading Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
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From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hutchinson ran his eye over it and laid it down.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here," he said, thrusting the scrawled letter into his partner's hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A thought seemed suddenly to strike him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burrowing into his bunk and disrupting it in his eagerness, he secured a writing-pad and pencil, and sitting down at the table, began to write with swiftness and certitude.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You just deliver that and everything'll be all right."
