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Chapter VII
Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy. For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else. One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes! Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully. "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully.
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From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully.
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From this reading Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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From this reading Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy.
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From this reading Calhoun luxuriated in regained privacy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
a person, without saying who
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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From this reading Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading Murgatroyd licked his whiskers thoughtfully.
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From this reading One need not be snobbish to wish to be alone sometimes!
in the company of; together with
From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
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From this reading "I hope," said Calhoun, "that things work out right.
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From this reading For seven days he'd had twenty-four other human beings crowded into the two cabins of the ship, with never so much as one yard of space between himself and someone else.
