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Chapter V
"Ha! That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle? A noble alliance truly! An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog! Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?”
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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 A noble alliance truly!
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From this reading A noble alliance truly!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
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From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
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From this reading "Ha!
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading A noble alliance truly!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
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From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading An alliance between the elephant and the cricket, between the serpent and the frog!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
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From this reading A noble alliance truly!
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From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what thou hast to say, Chief of the Blue Cattle?
which person or people
From this reading Ha! a people who in their armed hundreds are driven backwards and forwards like cattle by two men--only two!
