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Chapter XXV
Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals. Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin. All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft. Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things. As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.”
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading “All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.”
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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 Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
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From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
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From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
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From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading Richard Englefield beginning again to make beautiful things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All day were voices in the long room, footsteps to and fro, sound of the craft.
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From this reading Clink of metals striking together, hammer sound, sound of the wheel, sound of the fed furnace, sound of voices among metals.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
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From this reading As he worked he saw a lace-maker.
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From this reading Diccon Dawn, worker in rich metals with Jankin to help and a boy to help Jankin.
