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Chapter VII
A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL. Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious. If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now? Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself. His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.”
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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 A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
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From this reading A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL.
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From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
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From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
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From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading A BOY FIGHT AT SCHOOL.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
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From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading His thoughts, however, soon flew to his mother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
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From this reading Lynch law--At bay--Bully Warburton--Single combat--The deciding round--Harry is victorious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
at the time that
From this reading If Harry felt heavy-hearted when he started for home that afternoon, what must he have felt now?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Deeper than ever he was plunged in the trouble from which he knew not how to extricate himself.
