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Chapter II
THE RISE OF THE TIDE. “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face. “Come here, Master Jingles. You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you. Where is your father?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
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From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
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From this reading Where is your father?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where is your father?
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From this reading “Come here, Master Jingles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
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From this reading “Come here, Master Jingles.
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From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RISE OF THE TIDE.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RISE OF THE TIDE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
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From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RISE OF THE TIDE.
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From this reading THE RISE OF THE TIDE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
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From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where is your father?
which person or people
From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
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From this reading “Come here,” shouted the blacksmith, who was outside his shop, and still wore his apron, and the smut and rust on his hands and face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
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From this reading You’ve come into the midst of us, and we want to know something from you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where is your father?
