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Chapter I
_Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England. The sky was blue as blue. The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside. The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope. To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “_Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sky was blue as blue.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading The sky was blue as blue.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
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From this reading The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.
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From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
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From this reading The sky was blue as blue.
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From this reading The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sky was blue as blue.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside.
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From this reading The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Eight Full Page Illustrations By GLEN SHEFFER_ It was one of those rare autumn days in England.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
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From this reading To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.
