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Chapter XXVII
THE FAUBOURG ST. G----. Pericard was a genuine French lad. Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat. True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.”
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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 Pericard was a genuine French lad.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading THE FAUBOURG ST.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Pericard was a genuine French lad.
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From this reading G----.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Pericard was a genuine French lad.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Pericard was a genuine French lad.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Pericard was a genuine French lad.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading THE FAUBOURG ST.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FAUBOURG ST.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
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From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pericard was a genuine French lad.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading True, his old grandmother gave him what she could, both of love and kindness.
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From this reading Perhaps few boys had undergone more hardships in his life; he had known starvation, he had known blows, he had felt in their extremity both winter's cold and summer's heat.
