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Chapter XXV
"You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair. "Your ideas of murder are juvenile. Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree. Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners." "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You are right, sir," he responded frankly.”
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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 "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
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From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
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From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
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From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
above and across; more than
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
at the time that
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
