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Chapter VI
There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door. This is not true. Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us. The important thing is to be ready for them when they come. We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
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From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
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From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
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From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
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From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
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From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This is not true.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
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From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
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From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
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From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
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From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is not true.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
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From this reading This is not true.
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From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There is an old saying that “opportunity knocks but once” upon our door.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We never know what incident may turn out to be our greatest opportunity.
at the time that
From this reading The important thing is to be ready for them when they come.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Opportunities will certainly continue to come to us.
