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Chapter III
It was not a conspicuously sane operation. So near the ground, the plane tended to waver. The air was distinctly bumpy. To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious. But Joe helped.
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used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.”
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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 It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading The air was distinctly bumpy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading The air was distinctly bumpy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Joe helped.
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From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading The air was distinctly bumpy.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
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From this reading But Joe helped.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading But Joe helped.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
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From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
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From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not a conspicuously sane operation.
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From this reading So near the ground, the plane tended to waver.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To push a massive box out a doorway, so it would tumble down a thousand feet to desert sands, was not so safe a matter as would let it become tedious.
