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Chapter XXVII
WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds. When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean. The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety. Now all was changed. Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
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From this reading “WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.”
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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 WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading Now all was changed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading Now all was changed.
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From this reading Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
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From this reading Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading Now all was changed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Weeds seemed created by magic in a night.
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From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading The early vegetables came up in well-defined green rows, the weeds appearing with them, too few and scattered to cause anxiety.
at the time that
From this reading When we planted the garden, the soil was brown and clean.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
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From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE The beautiful transition period of spring passing into summer would have filled us with delight had we not found a hostile army advancing on us--annual weeds.
