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Chapter V
THE HAYSTACK VS. GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road. “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon. “Why?” “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ““There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading “GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Else what would be the good of the road at all?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Else what would be the good of the road at all?””
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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 GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
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From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
two people or things considered together
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HAYSTACK VS.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HAYSTACK VS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There must be houses along that road,” said Gordon.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HAYSTACK VS.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading GORDON LORD A little farther on they came to a road branching off from the one they were traveling, and Harry found on examining his map that it made a loop of a couple of miles and reëntered the straighter road.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Else what would be the good of the road at all?”
