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Chapter VI
“Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key. “Shall I send a boy up?” Mr. Sabin hesitated. “A lady?” he remarked tentatively. The hotel clerk nodded.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The hotel clerk nodded.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Shall I send a boy up?””
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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 “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
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From this reading “Shall I send a boy up?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
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From this reading Mr. Sabin hesitated.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Shall I send a boy up?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hotel clerk nodded.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shall I send a boy up?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Shall I send a boy up?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A lady?” he remarked tentatively.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here’s a lady inquiring for you, sir--just gone up to your room in the elevator,” the hotel clerk remarked to Mr. Sabin as he paused on his way to the door to hand in his key.
