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Chapter XXI
The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast. He got up earlier than his horse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWO. Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him. He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.”
in the direction of
From this reading “The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
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From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
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From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
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From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
in the direction of
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWO.
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From this reading He had put on his daily suit, and was leisurely digging in an uncultivated patch of ground.
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From this reading He got up earlier than his horse.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor went, tripping neatly and optimistically, off towards his own breakfast.
at the time that
From this reading Darius was still in the garden when Edwin went to him.
