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Chapter XXIV
UP THE RIVER. Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence. The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money. This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles. We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.”
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading “This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.”
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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 Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
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From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
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From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
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From this reading UP THE RIVER.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading The raft and its apparatus he sold, and he gave me the money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UP THE RIVER.
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From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
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From this reading UP THE RIVER.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
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From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We returned to the house of Mr. Goodridge in the afternoon.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This was the end of the craft which had brought us on our voyage of seventeen hundred and fifty miles.
