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Chapter XVII
_THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture. When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo. “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?” I asked. “Yes.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.”
for the reason that
From this reading ““We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?””
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.”
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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 END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
for the reason that
From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
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From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
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From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
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From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We came back because we heard that Rattler was soon to die; is that so?”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
at the time that
From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
which person or people
From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading When we had gone beyond their hearing, Winnetou asked me gravely why I had left the pueblo.
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From this reading _THE END OF RATTLER._ WINNETOU and I walked a little distance away from the Indians who were still assembling to see Rattler’s torture.
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From this reading “Yes.”
