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Chapter X
THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS. I looked around, dazed. Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore. As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us. The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I looked around, dazed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I looked around, dazed.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.”
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading “As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.”
in the direction of
From this reading “As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.”
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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 The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I looked around, dazed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
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From this reading I looked around, dazed.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I looked around, dazed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked around, dazed.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
not any; not one
From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
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From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
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From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
in the direction of
From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
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From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I stared, scarce believing mine own eyes, Ruth and Grim came toward us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of the three men there was no sign, and the boat was gone from the shore.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lassie had heard the news already, for at my exclamation of anger she tried to hearten us with a laugh, and slipped her hand into that of Radisson.
