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Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights. "Strange," she murmured. "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west." "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor. "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Go west and when you start, keep on going.”
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor.
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From this reading "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "Strange," she murmured.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Strange," she murmured.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
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From this reading "Strange," she murmured.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "That's the tip!" he exclaimed with fervor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
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From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
at the time that
From this reading "Go west and when you start, keep on going.
which person or people
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
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From this reading Kalora, with wrinkled brow, had been striving to follow him in his figurative flights.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are the second person I have met to-day who advises me to go away--to the west."
