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Chapter IV
THE WASHWOMAN'S WAR. It was evening. The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity. But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight. There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.”
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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 There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading It was evening.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was evening.
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From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
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From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first dark foreshadowing of the coming night clothed all in half obscurity.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WASHWOMAN'S WAR.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
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From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There he was, the Old Cattleman, under a favorite tree, the better to avoid the heavy dew.
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From this reading THE WASHWOMAN'S WAR.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was evening.
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From this reading THE WASHWOMAN'S WAR.
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From this reading But I knew the way; I could have travelled the little path at midnight.
