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Chapter V
“Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I. “They go. I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there. They all dread this house and me. There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.”
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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 There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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From this reading They all dread this house and me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
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From this reading They all dread this house and me.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading “They go.
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From this reading They all dread this house and me.
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From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They all dread this house and me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
above and across; more than
From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They go.
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From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They all dread this house and me.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading There is a kind of travesty of humanity over there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
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From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
at the time that
From this reading I turn them out when I begin to feel the beast in them, and presently they wander there.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then you take the things you make into those dens?” said I.
