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Chapter V
"What of Ben Franklin? I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed. He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time. He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top. Was the world against him?
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Was the world against him?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.”
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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 I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Was the world against him?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading "What of Ben Franklin?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading "What of Ben Franklin?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Was the world against him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What of Ben Franklin?
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
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From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
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From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was the world against him?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I've oft heard it said That many a time he went hungry to bed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What of Ben Franklin?
in the company of; together with
From this reading He started with nothing but courage to climb, But patiently struggled and waited his time.
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From this reading Was the world against him?
but in spite of that
From this reading He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb, Yet he got to the top.
