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Chapter I
BY IRVING E. COX, JR. _All learning must begin with a need. And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake. Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy. We have to leave."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have to leave."”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “_All learning must begin with a need.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_All learning must begin with a need.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.”
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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 _All learning must begin with a need.
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From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY IRVING E. COX, JR.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading BY IRVING E. COX, JR.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading BY IRVING E. COX, JR.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have to leave."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading BY IRVING E. COX, JR.
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From this reading BY IRVING E. COX, JR.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
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From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
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From this reading We have to leave."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
above and across; more than
From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have to leave."
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have to leave."
at the time that
From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _All learning must begin with a need.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
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From this reading And when the tried old ideas won't work for a people--won't conquer defeat and despair--a new way of thinking must be found...._ Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake.
