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Chapter XVI
FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY. I. The stage was belated. The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants. There was no moon and few stars.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.”
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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 The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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From this reading The stage was belated.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
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From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The stage was belated.
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From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
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From this reading There was no moon and few stars.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The stage was belated.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
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From this reading The country road they traveled entered the city by a remarkably wide and winding street, a great thoroughfare for its less opulent inhabitants.
