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Chapter X
Low down--low down! Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine! ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground. She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray. Oh!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.”
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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 ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading Low down--low down!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Low down--low down!
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
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From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
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From this reading ‘Twas right in the middest of a hot June night, With thunder duntin’ round, And I seed her face by the fairy light That beats from off the ground.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
at the time that
From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Where the liddle green lanterns shine-- Oh! maids, I’ve done with ‘ee all but one, And she can never be mine!
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From this reading She only smiled and she never spoke, She smiled and went away; But when she’d gone my heart was broke, And my wits was clean astray.
