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All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm. He carried an antique fowling-piece. “So you got one of ’em? That’s grand, me boys!” he approved. “Where now would you say the others be?”
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““So you got one of ’em?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Where now would you say the others be?””
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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 All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He carried an antique fowling-piece.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading He carried an antique fowling-piece.
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From this reading That’s grand, me boys!” he approved.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading That’s grand, me boys!” he approved.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading He carried an antique fowling-piece.
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From this reading “So you got one of ’em?
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading He carried an antique fowling-piece.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading “So you got one of ’em?
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From this reading That’s grand, me boys!” he approved.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He carried an antique fowling-piece.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That’s grand, me boys!” he approved.
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From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “So you got one of ’em?
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From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you got one of ’em?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s grand, me boys!” he approved.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
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From this reading All of a sudden hands parted the branches of a small oak and there stood the brawny blacksmith from Warmington, the village below Ramsey Farm.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Where now would you say the others be?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So you got one of ’em?
