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Chapter XXXII
A SURPRISING REVELATION. Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed. Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee. "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination. "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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later than; following
From this reading “"Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.”
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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 SURPRISING REVELATION.
later than; following
From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
not any; not one
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading A SURPRISING REVELATION.
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From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading "Shot in the shoulder and in the side," he murmured after a brief examination.
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From this reading Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed.
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From this reading A SURPRISING REVELATION.
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From this reading Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
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From this reading "Oh, I trust it be not serious!"
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From this reading Paying no attention to the tin box, he knelt down and raised Hal up on his knee.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Horace Sumner was terribly alarmed.
