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Chapter II
As a child. Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch. In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid. Itch, the serving man, and Yump, the cook, his wife. The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
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From this reading “The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.”
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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 As a child.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a child.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
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From this reading Itch, the serving man, and Yump, the cook, his wife.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
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From this reading Itch, the serving man, and Yump, the cook, his wife.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
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From this reading The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
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From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
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From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
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From this reading The house stood on the borders of a Russian town.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the house, too were Nitska, the serving maid.
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From this reading Itch, the serving man, and Yump, the cook, his wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Serge lived with his father--Ivan Ivanovitch --and his mother--Katrina Katerinavitch.
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From this reading Itch, the serving man, and Yump, the cook, his wife.
