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Chapter XL
THE ROSE-CLOUD. Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn. Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him. "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler. "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “"He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.”
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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 "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
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From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
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From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
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From this reading THE ROSE-CLOUD.
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From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ROSE-CLOUD.
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From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
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From this reading Joe Filmer, driving old Clutch, drew up at the door of the Ship Inn.
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From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
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From this reading Iver Verstage came out and welcomed him.
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From this reading "He lay down as we got out of Gorlmyn, and neither whip nor kicks 'ud make him stir.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I've had a trouble with Clutch," said the ostler.
