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Chapter III
EVAN'S SORTIE. We explored the house first and came upon a surprise. The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner. She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving. They had simply gone, she said.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.”
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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 We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading EVAN'S SORTIE.
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From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading They had simply gone, she said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading They had simply gone, she said.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading They had simply gone, she said.
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From this reading EVAN'S SORTIE.
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From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had simply gone, she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
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From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
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From this reading The native girl I had seen conducted to the house by the juju procession two months before crouched in one corner.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was too much frightened to give any coherent account of the other servants' leaving.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We explored the house first and came upon a surprise.
