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COMMENCING BUSINESS. When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days. This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day. He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood. Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.”
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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 He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading COMMENCING BUSINESS.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading COMMENCING BUSINESS.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
at the time that
From this reading When they reached home, Harry and Kate put together what little money they had, and found that they could buy food enough to last Aunt Matilda for several days.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Fortunately, there was a spring very near her door, so that she could get water without much trouble.
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From this reading This Harry procured and carried down to the old woman that day.
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From this reading He also gathered and piled up inside of her cabin a good supply of wood.
