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Chapter XXII
Three years was the time required to go through the high school. I grew impatient. Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible. At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university. When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three years was the time required to go through the high school.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Three years was the time required to go through the high school.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three years was the time required to go through the high school.”
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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 When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
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From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
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From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
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From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
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From this reading I grew impatient.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I grew impatient.
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From this reading I grew impatient.
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From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
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From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
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From this reading Also, my schooling was becoming financially impossible.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
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From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
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From this reading At such rate I could not last out, and I did greatly want to go to the state university.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
at the time that
From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading When I had done a year of high school, I decided to attempt a short cut.
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From this reading Three years was the time required to go through the high school.
