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Chapter XXVIII
We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels. We found Luke apparently alone. I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple. “What’s he gone for?” I asked.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We found Luke apparently alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We found Luke apparently alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We found Luke apparently alone.
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From this reading We found Luke apparently alone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We found Luke apparently alone.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading “What’s he gone for?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What’s he gone for?”
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
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From this reading We found Luke apparently alone.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
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From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
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From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought that the Joss had returned for some purpose to the temple.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We passed through the forest in single file; the girl first, I next; the men hard upon each other’s heels.
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From this reading “What’s he gone for?”
