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Chapter 21 of The Trail of the Hawk is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(THE DIARY OF MR. ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over. They sure did show us a good time. Never saw better meet. Won finals in duration to-day.
Chapter 21 of The Trail of the Hawk is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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earlier than; in front of
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.”
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading Never saw better meet.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading (THE DIARY OF MR.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
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From this reading Won finals in duration to-day.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading Won finals in duration to-day.
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From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Won finals in duration to-day.
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From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading (THE DIARY OF MR.
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From this reading Never saw better meet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (THE DIARY OF MR.
above and across; more than
From this reading ERICSON, CONTINUED.--EDITOR) _AUGUST 20_, (_1911, as before_): Big Chicago meet over.
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From this reading Never saw better meet.
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From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
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From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (THE DIARY OF MR.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
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From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
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From this reading Won finals in duration to-day.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They sure did show us a good time.
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From this reading Won finals in duration to-day.
