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Chapter VIII
A STRANGE TRIAL. For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder. Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly. His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation. But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.”
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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 A STRANGE TRIAL.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
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From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading For some distance he felt himself carried across a man's shoulder.
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From this reading A STRANGE TRIAL.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
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From this reading A STRANGE TRIAL.
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From this reading Then another man took him up and carried him on more briskly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, gagged and bound as he was, he could neither cry out nor help himself.
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From this reading His head hung down, the cloak covered his face tightly; he felt himself at times far on the way to suffocation.
