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Chapter IX
FUTILE ATTACKS. There seemed to be no pursuit. In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert. I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded. Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There seemed to be no pursuit.”
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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 In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading FUTILE ATTACKS.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading FUTILE ATTACKS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
not any; not one
From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
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From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There seemed to be no pursuit.
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From this reading Turning, I could see behind me the lights of the camp.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In a few moments I was clear of the camp and hidden in the darkness of the desert.
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From this reading I ran perhaps half a mile, then I slowed down to a walk, completely winded.
