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Chapter VII
"THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF." "Nannie, Nannie,--where's Nannie?" Jack called one pleasant summer morning. Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was. "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jack called one pleasant summer morning.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Jack called one pleasant summer morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jack called one pleasant summer morning.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."
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From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."
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From this reading "THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
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From this reading "Nannie, Nannie,--where's Nannie?"
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading Jack called one pleasant summer morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
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From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
in or at the place that
From this reading Just then Nannie's voice was heard singing, and she came into the kitchen, where Jack was.
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From this reading "Nannie, Nannie,--where's Nannie?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Nannie, father has just gone down to Grannie Burt's, and he wants you to go there too.
