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Chapter II
But he was not a high-grade genius. Certainly not yet. He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water. He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths. Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.”
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Certainly not yet.”
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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 he was not a high-grade genius.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
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From this reading Certainly not yet.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
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From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
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From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
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From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
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From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
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From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He looked behind and all about, listening, then lay down to stare into the shallow depths.
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From this reading Once, a huge crayfish, a good eight feet long, moved leisurely across his vision.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But he was not a high-grade genius.
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From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He reached a spot from which he could look down into the water.
but in spite of that
From this reading Certainly not yet.
