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The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows. He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco. He waited with dogged patience. Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come. If not there was always the chance of others.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.”
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
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From this reading He waited with dogged patience.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
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From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
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From this reading He waited with dogged patience.
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From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
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From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading If not there was always the chance of others.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
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From this reading He waited with dogged patience.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was hungry but he had the solace of tobacco.
at the time that
From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
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From this reading The range cattle had finished their siesta and grazed afar when Robin once more hid among the willows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He waited with dogged patience.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
but in spite of that
From this reading Perhaps the broom-tails Red Mike ran with would yet come.
