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Chapter V
_At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old. Already Passion-week had come. Easter-time would soon begin. Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn. Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already Passion-week had come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already Passion-week had come.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Easter-time would soon begin.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Easter-time would soon begin.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already Passion-week had come.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
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From this reading Easter-time would soon begin.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already Passion-week had come.
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From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
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From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Already Passion-week had come.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Already Passion-week had come.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading Easter-time would soon begin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Crocuses dotted the short new grass on the lawn.
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From this reading Mated robins chose nesting places in the old orchard, and the big cherry tree had put on its crown of snow-tipped buds.
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From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
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From this reading _At Easter-time_ April was two weeks old.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Easter-time would soon begin.
