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Chapter VII
THE SMOKE-TALK. One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school. Mrs. Woods was trying to sing. She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry. The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.”
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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 She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods was trying to sing.
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From this reading THE SMOKE-TALK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SMOKE-TALK.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Woods was trying to sing.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods was trying to sing.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
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From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading She had a hard, harsh voice always, and the tune was a battle-cry.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The hymn on which she was exercising her limited gifts was not one of the happy tunes of Methodism, which early settlers on the Columbia loved to sing.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
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From this reading One day in September Mrs. Woods was at work in her cabin, and Gretchen was at school.
