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Chapter V
MAY’S GARDEN. The chicks throve. Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous. As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills. But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading The chicks throve.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading MAY’S GARDEN.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading MAY’S GARDEN.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
above and across; more than
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The chicks throve.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading The chicks throve.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
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From this reading But they always came back to the basket to sleep; and Thekla prepared their food, and watched over them as well as any old hen could have done.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the snow melted, and the sun made warm spots on the earth, they began to run from the cottage-door, and poke and scratch about with their bills.
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From this reading Day by day their legs grew strong, their yellow bodies round and full, and their calls for food more clamorous.
