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Chapter VII
The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir. He wants to go. There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go." "Then why do you hesitate?" "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.”
for the reason that
From this reading “"Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."”
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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 The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
for the reason that
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Then why do you hesitate?"
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading He wants to go.
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading "Then why do you hesitate?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sergeant flushed a little, as he promptly answered,-- "It isn't that, sir.
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From this reading "Then why do you hesitate?"
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He wants to go.
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading He wants to go.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
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From this reading "Then why do you hesitate?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There's no man in the troop, sir, that would be safe in saying he didn't want to go."
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From this reading "Because we don't know Parsons well, sir; he hasn't been with us more'n a year.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then why do you hesitate?"
