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Chapter XI
OFF FOR SUBIG BAY. Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution. “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded. “If they are natives what shall we do?” “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““If they are natives what shall we do?””
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading OFF FOR SUBIG BAY.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OFF FOR SUBIG BAY.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
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From this reading “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
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From this reading “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
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From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading OFF FOR SUBIG BAY.
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From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading OFF FOR SUBIG BAY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
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From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
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From this reading “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
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From this reading “We’ll have to trust to luck, lad.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “If they are natives what shall we do?”
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From this reading “Perhaps they heard us,” I whispered to Tom Dawson, and he nodded.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Slowly the footsteps came closer, as though the three persons were approaching with extreme caution.
