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Chapter XIV
THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night! What a night!" It was Shep who uttered the words. The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow. In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was Shep who uttered the words.”
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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 THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
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From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
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From this reading The long spell of darkness had at last gone, and looking up overhead he could see a bit of sunshine striking the edge of the hollow.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
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From this reading In vain he had tried to get out of the tree.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
which person or people
From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
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From this reading THE BOYS AND THE WILDCAT "Oh, what a night!
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From this reading It was Shep who uttered the words.
