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Chapter VII
_DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_. As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day. On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room. It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work. _Labor omnia vincit improbus_.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.”
from that place or that time
From this reading “As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.”
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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 As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading _Labor omnia vincit improbus_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading _Labor omnia vincit improbus_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading _Labor omnia vincit improbus_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
from that place or that time
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On this occasion more than once I left my paper on the cabin table, rushing away to be sick in the privacy of my state room.
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From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
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From this reading _Labor omnia vincit improbus_.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading _DOCTOR THORNE_--_THE BERTRAMS_--_THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN_.
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From this reading It was February, and the weather was miserable; but still I did my work.
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From this reading As I journeyed across France to Marseilles, and made thence a terribly rough voyage to Alexandria, I wrote my allotted number of pages every day.
