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Chapter XV
MORE SCHOOLING. The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie. Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once. What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct? He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
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From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
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From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
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From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
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From this reading MORE SCHOOLING.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
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From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading MORE SCHOOLING.
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
