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Chapter XXV
THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys! We’ll see what’ll happen next.” Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice. The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men. They began to brood, to lose morale.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They began to brood, to lose morale.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We’ll see what’ll happen next.””
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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 Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
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From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
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From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
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From this reading We’ll see what’ll happen next.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
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From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
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From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
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From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We’ll see what’ll happen next.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
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From this reading We’ll see what’ll happen next.”
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From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
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From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
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From this reading The departure of McMasters and of the soldiers had left a strange feeling of loneliness among the Del Sol men.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE JONAH “MOVE ’em out, boys!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They began to brood, to lose morale.
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From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
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From this reading We’ll see what’ll happen next.”
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From this reading We’ll see what’ll happen next.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nabours spoke with a half sigh in his voice.
