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Chapter IX
CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt. There was a general looking at each other in the boat. “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks. “We only came down here to have a sail.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We only came down here to have a sail.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We only came down here to have a sail.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We only came down here to have a sail.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.”
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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 There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
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From this reading CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
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From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
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From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
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From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
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From this reading CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
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From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
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From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
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From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
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From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
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From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
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From this reading Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.
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From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Matt looked at Lon, and Lon looked at Matt.
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From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
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From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a general looking at each other in the boat.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We only came down here to have a sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now I’ve told you why I slept in the boat, maybe you will tell me, Matt, how you happened to be sailing in the ‘Mud-turtle’ so late in the night,” said Wade Brooks.
