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THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER. We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September. The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea? The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate. The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?”
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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 We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
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From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
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From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
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From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
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From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
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From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
at the time that
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
which person or people
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
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From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
