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"I am not hungry. It was good of you to go to all of this trouble. I am afraid I am not much of a camper." She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission. "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “"Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.”
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading “"Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.”
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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 I am afraid I am not much of a camper."
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
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From this reading I am afraid I am not much of a camper."
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From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am not hungry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading I am afraid I am not much of a camper."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
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From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading "I am not hungry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am not hungry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
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From this reading I am afraid I am not much of a camper."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I am not hungry.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
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From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
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From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
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From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Tuckered out," he thought as he looked into her face across which light and shadow flickered as flame and smoke in the camp-fire came and went fitfully, twisted by the evening breeze.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She forced the shadow of a smile with the admission.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was good of you to go to all of this trouble.
