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Chapter V
STORMING SAN MARCO. We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased. Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool. We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them. We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.”
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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 We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading STORMING SAN MARCO.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
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From this reading STORMING SAN MARCO.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading STORMING SAN MARCO.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
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From this reading We put newspapers around these things, and made pretty respectable packages of them.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
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From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading We did not go down the sea-wall, but walked around through some of the inner streets.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
at the time that
From this reading We started out on our storming expedition on a Tuesday night, about nine o'clock; we had a latch-key, so we could come home when we pleased.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
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From this reading Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
