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Chapter VII
Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place. He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him. His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down. There seemed no way of destroying it. His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There seemed no way of destroying it.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
not any; not one
From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
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From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
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From this reading His only hope lay in the tree's slow movements.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading Using his sword two-handed, Barrent lopped off vines; others grew in their place.
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From this reading There seemed no way of destroying it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His arms were becoming tired, and the tree regenerated faster than he could cut it down.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
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From this reading He worked with frantic speed to keep the vines from surrounding him.
