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Chapter III
'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother. 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!' 'Then there was a hunt! The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice. Then I remembered my part of the game!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I remembered my part of the game!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.”
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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 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading Then I remembered my part of the game!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
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From this reading 'Then there was a hunt!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I remembered my part of the game!
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
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From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
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From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
above and across; more than
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I remembered my part of the game!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I remembered my part of the game!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
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From this reading 'Then there was a hunt!
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From this reading 'Then there was a hunt!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
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From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Then there was a hunt!
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From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The harpoons were plunged into the walruses' breasts, and the steaming blood spurted out of them like fountains over the ice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'It makes my mouth water to hear you!'
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From this reading 'You're a good story-teller, my boy!' said his mother.
