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Chapter XV
LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast. Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert. Vaniman was haggard and visibly worried. Both of them were reticent. Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both of them were reticent.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
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From this reading Vaniman was haggard and visibly worried.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Both of them were reticent.
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From this reading Both of them were reticent.
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From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
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From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
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From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Vaniman felt that he had nothing to say, as matters stood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Both of them were reticent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading Vaniman was haggard and visibly worried.
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From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
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From this reading Vaniman was haggard and visibly worried.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
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From this reading Starr had slept well and was vigorously alert.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LOOKED AT SQUARELY The bank examiner and the cashier were down early to breakfast.
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From this reading Vaniman was haggard and visibly worried.
