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Chapter VI
WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet. We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard. The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand. They seemed a miserable lot. They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They seemed a miserable lot.”
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading They seemed a miserable lot.
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From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
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From this reading They seemed a miserable lot.
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From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
not any; not one
From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
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From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
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From this reading They offered no resistance, but begged for money and food.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They seemed a miserable lot.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They seemed a miserable lot.
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From this reading We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
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From this reading The soldiers quickly turned out, matchlocks in hand.
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From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WARNED BACK BY SOLDIERS We altered our course from north to north-east, rising to 16,600 feet.
