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Chapter I
But is old, old, good old Christmas gone? Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left? Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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later than; following
From this reading “Hue and Cry after Christmas.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.”
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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 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
later than; following
From this reading Hue and Cry after Christmas.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
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From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
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From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading Hue and Cry after Christmas.
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
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From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
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From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading Hue and Cry after Christmas.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
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From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left?
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From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small.
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From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him.
