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Chapter XII
"Yes, but she had to turn back. That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook! I should like to wring the brute's neck! And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head. The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
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annoying or confusing
From this reading “That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!”
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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 That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
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From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
annoying or confusing
From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
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From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
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From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
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From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That confounded horse shied at a mountain brook!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
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From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the coachman, instead of holding on to the reins, was tossed off the box, and there he lies with a hole an inch deep in his head.
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From this reading I should like to wring the brute's neck!
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From this reading "Yes, but she had to turn back.
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From this reading The servant got him back with difficulty to the inn, and the young Countess was lost on the way back.
