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Chapter XV
A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed. Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head. Nobody else moved nor spoke. All felt their last hour had come. "An Indian raid!"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All felt their last hour had come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All felt their last hour had come.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody else moved nor spoke.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.”
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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 TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "An Indian raid!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading Nobody else moved nor spoke.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading "An Indian raid!"
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading Nobody else moved nor spoke.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody else moved nor spoke.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nobody else moved nor spoke.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
above and across; more than
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading "An Indian raid!"
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
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From this reading Nobody else moved nor spoke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All felt their last hour had come.
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From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
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From this reading A TRIP TO BALD EAGLE ROCK Molly gave one glance and screamed.
which person or people
From this reading Then flung herself to her knees and buried her face in Helena's lap, who pityingly drew her light skirt over the child's head.
