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Chapter XII
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war. But this war was with the natives of the Philippine Islands. To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story. In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
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From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
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From this reading But this war was with the natives of the Philippine Islands.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
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From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this war was with the natives of the Philippine Islands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
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From this reading To explain this trouble, I must go back in my story.
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From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But in spite of Peace Jubilees and fine parades of returning troops, our country was still at war.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But this war was with the natives of the Philippine Islands.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In another chapter I told you of the rebellion of the Filipinos against Spain.
