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Chapter XI
CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths. Don put on his shoe but did not lace it. He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough. Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top. That experience set Tim to shaking his head.
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later than; following
From this reading “CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That experience set Tim to shaking his head.”
during the time that
From this reading “CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.”
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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 CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
later than; following
From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading That experience set Tim to shaking his head.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading That experience set Tim to shaking his head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
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From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading That experience set Tim to shaking his head.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That experience set Tim to shaking his head.
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From this reading Don put on his shoe but did not lace it.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
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From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged with him to the top.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough.
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From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
during the time that
From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
in the company of; together with
From this reading CLOSE QUARTERS After a while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths.
