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Chapter II
“Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.” TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk. It’s the very place itsel. Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading ““AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.””
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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 Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
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From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading It’s the very place itsel.
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From this reading It’s the very place itsel.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading It’s the very place itsel.
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From this reading Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
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From this reading TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
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From this reading It’s the very place itsel.
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
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From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
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From this reading “AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk.
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From this reading “Housekeeping youth have ever homely wits.”
