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Chapter XXVI
CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN. Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar. I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse. "Good-bye," he shouted. "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “"This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Good-bye," he shouted.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “"This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.”
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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 Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
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From this reading CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN.
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From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN.
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From this reading "Good-bye," he shouted.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
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From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Good-bye," he shouted.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
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From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
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From this reading I turned to shake hands with Peters, but he had stepped from the platform to hold his horse.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This horse has seen the train every day since he was born, but he'll run away if I don't hold him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Through the dark the train came with a stuttering roar.
