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Chapter IV
HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness. His hopefulness was unbounded. His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him. His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born. His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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later than; following
From this reading “His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.”
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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 His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
later than; following
From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
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From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading His energy he tempered with all the tact and discretion his knowledge of men, and his experience in handling them, had taught him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His hopefulness was unbounded.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His mother, a good and God-fearing woman, had strained every nerve to give her boy an education.
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From this reading HOW NANCE SHONE THROUGH HER MODEST VEILING As soon as the old captain’s time was up, Gard took up his work in the mines with energetic hopefulness.
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From this reading His father had been lost at sea the year after his son was born.
