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Chapter V
Robin rode to camp alone. The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack. Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started. Tex Matthews was playing. Robin didn’t want to drink.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Robin rode to camp alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Robin rode to camp alone.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Robin didn’t want to drink.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.”
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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 The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robin rode to camp alone.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Robin rode to camp alone.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
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From this reading Robin didn’t want to drink.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Robin didn’t want to drink.
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From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Tex Matthews was playing.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Tex Matthews was playing.
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From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Robin rode to camp alone.
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From this reading Robin rode to camp alone.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
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From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Tex Matthews was playing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Robin rode to camp alone.
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From this reading Robin didn’t want to drink.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tex Matthews was playing.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
at the time that
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
in or at the place that
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
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From this reading Through the windows he could see that a poker game had started.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Block S riders were all gathered in the Silver Dollar when he came back to where his night horse stood with the others in a row by the hitching rack.
