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Chapter IV
THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS. We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly. So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French! That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough. And what he called himself--The Pike!
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “And what he called himself--The Pike!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
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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 That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
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From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
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From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
not one, and not any
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
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From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
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From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
