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Chapter V
I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard. Before I entered the Law School I went home for the summer vacation. On the night of my arrival, Mrs. Harling and Frances and Sally came over to greet me. Everything seemed just as it used to be. My grandparents looked very little older.
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later than; following
From this reading “I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Before I entered the Law School I went home for the summer vacation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything seemed just as it used to be.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My grandparents looked very little older.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My grandparents looked very little older.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “On the night of my arrival, Mrs. Harling and Frances and Sally came over to greet me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything seemed just as it used to be.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Before I entered the Law School I went home for the summer vacation.”
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later than; following
From this reading I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Everything seemed just as it used to be.
earlier than; in front of
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From this reading I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.
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all things; all of a situation
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My grandparents looked very little older.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My grandparents looked very little older.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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belonging to the person speaking
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
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above and across; more than
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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From this reading My grandparents looked very little older.
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From this reading Before I entered the Law School I went home for the summer vacation.
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From this reading I Two years after I left Lincoln, I completed my academic course at Harvard.
