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Chapter VIII
“Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy. “Come on, my son. Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.” As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward. “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.”
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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 “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
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From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
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From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Come on, my son.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading Catch hold of his other arm, Charles.”
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
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From this reading “Come on, my son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
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From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he seized Stukeley’s arm to give him a heave, Stukeley poked him in the wind, and tripped him as he stepped backward.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Come on,” said Perrin, attempting, with an ill grace, the manner of a jovial schoolboy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What’re you sitting down for?” he said, with a rough laugh.
