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Chapter IV
But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them. He sometimes gets ready very slowly. You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him. You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows. You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading “But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He sometimes gets ready very slowly.”
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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 But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading He sometimes gets ready very slowly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sometimes gets ready very slowly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading He sometimes gets ready very slowly.
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From this reading He sometimes gets ready very slowly.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
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From this reading You like the strict rules and the long terms; and he finds his best leading in a by-way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his choosing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But books are good only as far as a boy is ready for them.
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From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
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From this reading He sometimes gets ready very slowly.
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From this reading You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, on his way to school, from the shop-windows.
which person or people
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.
