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Chapter XV
AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march! Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind! And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum! Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band? --From “Village Ballads.”
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!”
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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 Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --From “Village Ballads.”
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
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From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
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From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
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From this reading AS FIGURED BY ITS PROMOTER, HIRAM LOOK Open order and forward march!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
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From this reading And all the musicianers marchin’ behind, Then poum-ta-roum!
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From this reading Major in bearskin and stiffer than starch, Knees like a thoroughbred--he’s the kind!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
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From this reading --From “Village Ballads.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh, ain’t it grand To march with the Atkinson Full Brass Band?
