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Chapter VI
PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared. Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft. Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage. His hand touched Jack’s violin. He shoved this forward within easy reach.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He shoved this forward within easy reach.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His hand touched Jack’s violin.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “He shoved this forward within easy reach.”
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading “PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.”
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
any thing at all
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading His hand touched Jack’s violin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading His hand touched Jack’s violin.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
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From this reading Then he threw back his seat to drop flat on his stomach and poke around in the fuselage.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading His hand touched Jack’s violin.
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From this reading His hand touched Jack’s violin.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
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From this reading Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He shoved this forward within easy reach.
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading PLANE WRECKED The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared.
