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The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water. Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides. Echoes of laughter sounded in his ears. Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream. There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
except for; apart from
From this reading “Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.”
a wild area where few people live
From this reading “Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.”
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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 Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Echoes of laughter sounded in his ears.
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From this reading Echoes of laughter sounded in his ears.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Echoes of laughter sounded in his ears.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
not any; not one
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
except for; apart from
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Echoes of laughter sounded in his ears.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
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From this reading Thoughts flashed across his mind, mental pictures of homes and firesides.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
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From this reading There were no homes save those of the muskrat, the beaver and the white owl.
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet in this wilderness there was no laughter save the boisterous roar of an Arctic stream.
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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ Johnny Thompson caught his breath as his feet shot from beneath him and he plunged into a rushing torrent of icy water.
