But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him. When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me! How I have deceived myself! These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.” What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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caught in something so that movement becomes difficult or impossible
From this reading “But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.”
expressed strong disappointment or blame toward someone or oneself
From this reading “When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!”
not valued as highly as it deserves to be
From this reading “What is most truly valuable is often underrated.”
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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 But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading How I have deceived myself!
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
caught in something so that movement becomes difficult or impossible
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How I have deceived myself!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading How I have deceived myself!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How I have deceived myself!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
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From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
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From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading How I have deceived myself!
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From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
expressed strong disappointment or blame toward someone or oneself
From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
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From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
not valued as highly as it deserves to be
From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
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From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
at the time that
From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
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From this reading When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!
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From this reading But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the Lion quickly came up to him and caught him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
What traps the Stag in the wood?
What does the Stag understand too late?
What is the fable's stated moral?
