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Chapter VII
OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again. It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction. As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory. Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Now I was leaving it behind me forever.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.”
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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 It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
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From this reading OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
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From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
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From this reading Now I was leaving it behind me forever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
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From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
above and across; more than
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
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From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we paused on the top of a rise of ground and I looked back, I remembered all of a sudden that it was from this very place that I had first caught sight of Dartford priory.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a beautiful spring day, with flowers abloom and birds singing in every direction.
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From this reading SO here I was once more thrown upon the world and going over the road I never thought to retrace again.
