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Chapter XXII
Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door. And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other. "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?" "North. I don't know how far.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't know how far.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.”
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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 "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading I don't know how far.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading I don't know how far.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading I don't know how far.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't know how far.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't know how far.
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From this reading "North.
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading Billy Jordan, terror springing up into his own eyes, sped through the door.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And Conniston and Garton turned grave faces upon each other.
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
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From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you any idea," Garton was asking, and to Conniston his voice seemed to come faintly from a great distance, "which way she rode?"
