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Chapter VI
* * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night. She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it. Of pots there were broken two score. Gardener annoyed. This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of pots there were broken two score.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.”
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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 She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading Gardener annoyed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of pots there were broken two score.
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From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
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From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading Gardener annoyed.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
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From this reading Of pots there were broken two score.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * Distinct score off the cook last night.
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From this reading Of pots there were broken two score.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading Of pots there were broken two score.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
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From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of pots there were broken two score.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This man will be my thorn in the flesh, I fancy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She left me in the tool-shed, and during some excursions I fetched down a board with a variety of gardening trifles upon it.
