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Chapter XXVII
THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock. The Arapahoes saw to that. But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men. The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball. "Put out the fires!
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From this reading “The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.”
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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 there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The Arapahoes saw to that.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading "Put out the fires!
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
not any; not one
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading "Put out the fires!
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From this reading "Put out the fires!
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading The Arapahoes saw to that.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Arapahoes saw to that.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
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From this reading THE DANCE IN THE DESERT There was no wedding that night at the Independence Rock.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
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From this reading The night attack had caught the company wholly off guard, and the bright fire gave good illumination for shaft and ball.
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From this reading But there were burials the day following, six of them--two women, a child, three men.
