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Chapter XXXVII
THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan. Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness. It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future. He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it. All was not well, she knew.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All was not well, she knew.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading All was not well, she knew.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading All was not well, she knew.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
not any; not one
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All was not well, she knew.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
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From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All was not well, she knew.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Buck and old Joe Cumberland made the background of their happiness.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading All was not well, she knew.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
at the time that
From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was the latter's request which kept the wedding a matter of the indefinite future.
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From this reading THE WILD GEESE So when the first chill days of the late autumn came the four were once more together, Dan, Kate, Black Bart, and Satan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would assign no reason for his wish, but Kate guessed it.
