CHAPTER XXX No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
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No wonder we called it Endeavour Island. For two weeks we toiled at building a hut. Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands. And still, I was proud of her because of it. There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.”
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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 For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
for the reason that
From this reading And still, I was proud of her because of it.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
demanded something firmly
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
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From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
not any; not one
From this reading No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And still, I was proud of her because of it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
above and across; more than
From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading And still, I was proud of her because of it.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And still, I was proud of her because of it.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
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From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And still, I was proud of her because of it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
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From this reading For two weeks we toiled at building a hut.
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From this reading Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
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From this reading There was something heroic about this gently-bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading No wonder we called it Endeavour Island.
What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 29?
Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?
According to the text: "CHAPTER XXX...", what tone does the author establish?
