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Chapter XI
The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard. The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows. It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate. The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security. The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “The animate might demand, but they did not receive.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.”
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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 The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
except for; apart from
From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
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From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
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From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
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From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The animate might demand, but they did not receive.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The inanimate made few demands save those of space and security.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had been built to store the inanimate, and now it was crowded with the animate.
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From this reading The stockade enclosed a half-acre of bare earth, trodden hard.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
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From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The prison was a huge old brick building with a few narrow, grated windows.
