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Chapter I
Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist. To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse. So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.”
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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 To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
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From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Adventure is relative to one's previous experience.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
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From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
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From this reading To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
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From this reading Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one!
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist.
