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Chapter XII
Expelled We had all meant to go home again. Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had. But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it. Terry said he did. He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Expelled We had all meant to go home again.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.””
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Terry said he did.
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Terry said he did.
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From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
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From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
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From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
not one, and not any
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading Terry said he did.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
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From this reading Indeed we had _not_ meant--not by any means--to stay as long as we had.
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From this reading Terry said he did.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
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From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Expelled We had all meant to go home again.
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From this reading He professed great scorn of the penalty and the trial, as well as all the other characteristics of “this miserable half-country.”
at the time that
From this reading But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it.
