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Chapter VIII
AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me. It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died. It was he who had got the letters and the scroll of names. He was right. He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.”
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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 AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading It was he who had got the letters and the scroll of names.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading It was he who had got the letters and the scroll of names.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading It was he who had got the letters and the scroll of names.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was right.
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From this reading He held enough in his hands to bring Marcilly and myself to the block, and to ruin the honor of Marie.
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From this reading It was he who had got the letters and the scroll of names.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
at the time that
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
which person or people
From this reading It was he who had played the mendicant friar in Paris, that night when Lignières had died.
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From this reading AT THE SIGN OF THE GREEN MAN FOR a moment I stood, thinking of Achon’s last words, and then it all came back to me.
