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Chapter XXVII
TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain. February wheeled by. March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat. The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all. From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.”
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From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading February wheeled by.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
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From this reading February wheeled by.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
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From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
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From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
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From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
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From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
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From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
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From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading March was here, and every day the sun sent us more heat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWELVE of our ships went home to Spain.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
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From this reading February wheeled by.
in the company of; together with
From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
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From this reading The Indians around us still were friendly--women and all.
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From this reading From the first there was straying in the woods with Indian women.
