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Chapter IV
Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon. The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket. 'Where's Teddy?' 'Teddy Platt!' 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.”
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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 heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading 'Teddy Platt!'
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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From this reading 'Where's Teddy?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The heat and confinement of the crowded schoolroom had not lessened the superabundance of energy and high spirits amongst them, and the boys soon congregated on the green, bent on a game of cricket.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
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From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Enlisting for Life The village children were swarming out of school the next afternoon.
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From this reading 'Where's Teddy?'
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From this reading 'Young Ted, where's he got to?'
