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Chapter II
'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan. 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?' 'All sorts of sacrifices,' said Puck. 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer. I never liked it.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never liked it.”
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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 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never liked it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
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From this reading I never liked it.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never liked it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'All sorts of sacrifices,' said Puck.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'All sorts of sacrifices,' said Puck.
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From this reading 'All sorts of sacrifices,' said Puck.
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'All sorts of sacrifices,' said Puck.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Like Miss Blake tells us about?'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'If it wasn't men, it was horses, or cattle, or pigs, or metheglin--that's a sticky, sweet sort of beer.
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From this reading 'People burned in wicker baskets?' said Dan.
