Chapter VI

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Inevitably, Georgie did come poking around.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But Georgie did.

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an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Inevitably, Georgie did come poking around.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading Thus did they defeat their own object.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading But Georgie did.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading But Georgie did.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading Inevitably, Georgie did come poking around.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading Thus did they defeat their own object.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading Thus did they defeat their own object.

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From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading Inevitably, Georgie did come poking around.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Thus did they defeat their own object.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading Thus did they defeat their own object.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It is difficult to imagine how cause and effect could be more closely and patently related.

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

at the time that

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

in the company of; together with

From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?

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From this reading How was he to refrain when daily, up and down the neighbourhood, the brothers strutted with mystic and important airs, when they whispered together and uttered words of strange import in his presence?