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Chapter V
A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head. The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes! Breathless, she fixed her eyes on her father’s face. It was hard as steel, watching. Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
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on the far side of; further than
From this reading “The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!”
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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 A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was hard as steel, watching.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
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From this reading Breathless, she fixed her eyes on her father’s face.
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From this reading Breathless, she fixed her eyes on her father’s face.
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From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
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From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
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From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was hard as steel, watching.
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
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From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
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From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Breathless, she fixed her eyes on her father’s face.
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From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
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From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Breathless, she fixed her eyes on her father’s face.
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
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From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
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From this reading It was hard as steel, watching.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The fox—stealing out beyond those further bushes!
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
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From this reading Not a sound, not a quiver, as if horse and man had turned to metal.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was hard as steel, watching.
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From this reading It was hard as steel, watching.
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From this reading A tiny sound from Winton made her turn her head.
