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Chapter III
Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet. I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun. In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon. I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come. "Now the fun begins," cried my captain.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Now the fun begins," cried my captain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Now the fun begins," cried my captain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.”
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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 In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
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From this reading "Now the fun begins," cried my captain.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Now the fun begins," cried my captain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now the fun begins," cried my captain.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading "Now the fun begins," cried my captain.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
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From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
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From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
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From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
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From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
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From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
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From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shuddered, and I thought my last hour had come.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I can see now each soldier, his left eye fixed on us, his right hidden by his raised gun.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Through the blue haze I could see the Russian Grenadiers, with arms fixed, like motionless statues, behind their half-destroyed parapet.
