Chapter X
UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?” “I give it up.” “Something is in the wind.” “I know that. If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
Chapter X
UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?” “I give it up.” “Something is in the wind.” “I know that. If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I know that.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Something is in the wind.””
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Something is in the wind.””
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
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From this reading “I give it up.”
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I give it up.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Something is in the wind.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Something is in the wind.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I give it up.”
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From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something is in the wind.”
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From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I know that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Something is in the wind.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
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From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
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From this reading “I give it up.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If possible, old Crabtree is going to get us into trouble.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something is in the wind.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading UNDER SUSPICION “What do you make of this, Jack?”