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Chapter XXXIII
THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him. Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing. “I can’t. I can’t,” he whispered hoarsely. She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.”
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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 Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading “I can’t.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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From this reading I can’t,” he whispered hoarsely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
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From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
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From this reading She understood only that something in his mind threatened their happiness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Out of a full tide of feeling he came to consciousness of what he was doing.
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From this reading I can’t,” he whispered hoarsely.
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From this reading THE BLUEBIRD ALIGHTS AND THEN TAKES WING Tug pushed Betty from him.
