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Chapter XVIII
WE sailed for two days east by south. But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed. Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue. We held on. There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.”
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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 was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
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From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading We held on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We held on.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE sailed for two days east by south.
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From this reading But the weather that had been perfection for long and long again from Palos, now was changed.
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From this reading There was a great cape which we called Cape Cuba.
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From this reading Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
