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Chapter XXII
THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA. At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck. His eyes looked better. The fever had not returned. "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His eyes looked better.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The fever had not returned.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA.
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From this reading His eyes looked better.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading His eyes looked better.
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From this reading The fever had not returned.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fever had not returned.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His eyes looked better.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The fever had not returned.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The fever had not returned.
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From this reading THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BAD ROADS OF ANGOLA.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this moment little Jack awoke, and put his arms around his mother's neck.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
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From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are better, my darling," said Mrs. Weldon, pressing the sick child to her heart.
