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Chapter XV
The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat. Some of them acted pretty lame, too. They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh. All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering. “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
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later than; following
From this reading “All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.”
during the time that
From this reading “They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.”
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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 All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
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From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
later than; following
From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
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From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
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From this reading “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
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From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
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From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
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From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
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From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
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From this reading “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
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From this reading “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
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From this reading “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
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From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
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From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “B-buildin’ a modern navy,” says Mark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
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From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The enemy rowed back and got out of their boat.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
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From this reading Some of them acted pretty lame, too.
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From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
in or at the place that
From this reading All of them went up to the hotel, where, after a while, we heard them hammering and hammering.
during the time that
From this reading They hunched around and rubbed sore spots, while we gave them the laugh.
