A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: “If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
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large grasshoppers that can gather in groups and destroy crops
From this reading “A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,”
a small creature with two front claws and a curved tail that can sting
From this reading “when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,”
the sharp pointed part of an insect or animal that can inject poison
From this reading “reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,”
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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 A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
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From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
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From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
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From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
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From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
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From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
large grasshoppers that can gather in groups and destroy crops
From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
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From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
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From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
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From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
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From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
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From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
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From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
a small creature with two front claws and a curved tail that can sting
From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
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From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
the sharp pointed part of an insect or animal that can inject poison
From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting,
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From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
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From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number,
at the time that
From this reading when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust,
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading said: “If you had but touched me,
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!”
