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Chapter XIX
As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council. The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other. The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves. But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them. Terror had her in its grip again.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Terror had her in its grip again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.”
in the direction of
From this reading “The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.”
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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 As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
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From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
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From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
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From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading As soon as Moale rode away Loseis, Conacher and Mary-Lou held a council.
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From this reading Terror had her in its grip again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
in the direction of
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
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From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But poor Mary-Lou was not of much help to them.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sense of common danger drew them very close together; their hearts were soft towards each other.
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From this reading The whites treated the Indian girl exactly as one of themselves.
