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Chapter IV
A PICKAXE AND A SPADE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XV. THE SMALL, SLIGHT MAN. TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton. It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.”
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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 PICKAXE AND A SPADE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PICKAXE AND A SPADE.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading THE SMALL, SLIGHT MAN.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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From this reading A PICKAXE AND A SPADE.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading THE SMALL, SLIGHT MAN.
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From this reading THE SMALL, SLIGHT MAN.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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From this reading A PICKAXE AND A SPADE.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SMALL, SLIGHT MAN.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was falling thick on Carberry hill, up which Clarke Unwin was plodding early one evening on a visit to the Earle cottage.
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From this reading TWO months had passed and the first snow was whitening the streets of Hamilton.
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