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Chapter XVII
When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore. A doctor was bending over him. “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying. “Now you’ll do. You got quite a welt on the head.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A doctor was bending over him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “A doctor was bending over him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You got quite a welt on the 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 When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading A doctor was bending over him.
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From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Now you’ll do.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A doctor was bending over him.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading You got quite a welt on the head.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading You got quite a welt on the head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A doctor was bending over him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading “Now you’ll do.
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From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
above and across; more than
From this reading A doctor was bending over him.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You got quite a welt on the head.
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From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
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From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
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From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That’s fine, old boy,” the doctor was saying.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A doctor was bending over him.
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From this reading You got quite a welt on the head.
at the time that
From this reading When Pant awoke from many bad dreams, he found himself in a cool and comfortable bed on shore.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You got quite a welt on the head.
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From this reading “Now you’ll do.
