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Chapter VII
"Put me on the couch," said Benlian. I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher. The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body. Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague.... We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.”
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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 Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
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From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
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From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
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From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
above and across; more than
From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
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From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
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From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
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From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
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From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Put me on the couch," said Benlian.
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From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
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From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the doctor ran to a telephone and called a colleague....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
which person or people
From this reading I and the doctor who was not ill lifted him on the canvas stretcher.
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From this reading The green-gleaming frame of fluctuating light was passed over the whole of his body.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We spent the morning there, with dozens of doctors coming and going.
