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Chapter II
BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy. “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water? For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far. I am an American.” “You an _American_?” exclaimed the dogs in chorus.
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a group singing together
From this reading ““You an _American_?” exclaimed the dogs in chorus.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading ““Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?”
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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 BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading I am an American.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I am an American.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
a group singing together
From this reading “You an _American_?” exclaimed the dogs in chorus.
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From this reading “You an _American_?” exclaimed the dogs in chorus.
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading “You an _American_?” exclaimed the dogs in chorus.
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From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading For I am a stranger in a strange land, and have traveled far.
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
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From this reading BILLY UNEXPECTEDLY MEETS A FRIEND “Good-morning, friends!” baaed Billy.
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From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Would you allow a tired traveler to rest under the shade of your trees, and give him a drink of water?
