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Chapter XVII
FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill. "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject. Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_. The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse." "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “"Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.”
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From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
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From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
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From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
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From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
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From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
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From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
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From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
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From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aaron Burr's sole political principle is to _mount_.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading FAIRFAX AND UNITY "Bah!" exclaimed Major Churchill.
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From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading The Gazette says he has started West--gone, I'll swear, to light the fuse."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Then I hope the mine will blow up under him," said Fairfax Cary.
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From this reading "Long ago Hamilton said the last word on the subject.
