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Chapter VIII
DAVIT LUNAN'S POLITICAL REMINISCENCES. When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832. I would be eight or ten year old at that time. James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement. We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I would be eight or ten year old at that time.”
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading DAVIT LUNAN'S POLITICAL REMINISCENCES.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading DAVIT LUNAN'S POLITICAL REMINISCENCES.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
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From this reading DAVIT LUNAN'S POLITICAL REMINISCENCES.
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From this reading DAVIT LUNAN'S POLITICAL REMINISCENCES.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
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From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
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From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
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From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading James Strachan was at the door by five o'clock in the morning in his Sabbath clothes, by arrangement.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We was to go up to the hill to see them building the bonfire.
at the time that
From this reading When an election-day comes round now, it takes me back to the time of 1832.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
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From this reading I would be eight or ten year old at that time.
