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Chapter XXVI
When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes. Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars. Were they right? Were they wrong? They did not know.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They did not know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Were they right?”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.”
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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 Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They did not know.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They did not know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They did not know.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Were they right?
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
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From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Thereafter they made a little fire in the shelter of a tumble of boulders and camped throughout the night under the blazing desert stars.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were they right?
at the time that
From this reading When Day Dawned Upon the flat top of Red Dirt Hill, Howard and Helen drove their stakes.
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From this reading Were they wrong?
