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Chapter XI
GATHERING SHADOWS. Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store. The breed was at the door. Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend. "Well!" he said.
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a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well!" he said.”
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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 Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The breed was at the door.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading The breed was at the door.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading The breed was at the door.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading GATHERING SHADOWS.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
not any; not one
From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading "Well!" he said.
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From this reading GATHERING SHADOWS.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
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From this reading Evidently he harbored no resentment, for his face lighted up at the sight of an old friend.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The breed was at the door.
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From this reading "Well!" he said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ambrose, hastening back to Gaviller's house with a heart full of anxiety, came upon Gordon Strange as he rounded the corner of the company store.
