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Chapter XXVI
LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent. "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?" Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on: "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority. Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
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later than; following
From this reading “LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:”
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From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:
later than; following
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:
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From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
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From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
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From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:
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From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
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From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading LISLE TURNS AUTOCRAT On the morning after his arrival, Lisle called the company together and first of all addressed Millicent.
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From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Before we start, I must ask if any one objects to that?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Millicent answered in the affirmative and he went on:
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From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "The guide must be commander-in-chief, with undisputed authority.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's your wish that I should act as guide to this expedition?"
