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Chapter VI
XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse. One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was. There was no time to explain what he had been doing. Every moment was of value. “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “There was no time to explain what he had been doing.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every moment was of value.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was no time to explain what he had been doing.”
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every moment was of value.
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From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading Every moment was of value.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
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From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
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From this reading Every moment was of value.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
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From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
