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Chapter I
“We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison. Aye. We’ve seen changes.” Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune. They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Aye.
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From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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From this reading “We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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From this reading “We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison.
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From this reading “We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
above and across; more than
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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From this reading “We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading “We’ve seen changes, Mr Murchison.
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From this reading They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
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From this reading Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign “John Murchison: Hardware,” had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune.
