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Chapter XI
THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire. Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature. We grew tired of waiting. "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward. "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We grew tired of waiting.”
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
any thing at all
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
apart from; not including
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
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From this reading We grew tired of waiting.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
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From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We grew tired of waiting.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading We grew tired of waiting.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
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From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
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From this reading We grew tired of waiting.
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From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nobody was stirring, the sun shone and the chipmunks scampered and the aspens quivered and the stream tinkled, and the place seemed all uninhabited by anything except nature.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE MAN AT THE DUG-OUT We couldn't see any sign, except those hoof-marks, and that fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll go on to that dug-out," whispered Scout Ward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If the man sees me he won't know me, especially.
