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Chapter XIX
The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable. Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant. Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s. Wild birds sang in every street. Washington was President.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Wild birds sang in every street.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
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From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Washington was President.
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From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
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From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
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From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
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From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
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From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was warm enough to be uncomfortable.
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From this reading Washington was President.
at the time that
From this reading Once it was--when the odour of lindens filled the Broad-Way from the Fort to St. Paul’s.
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From this reading Wild birds sang in every street.
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From this reading Except in recesses of parks, New York is never fragrant.
