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Chapter IV
“DOWN, Jerry! Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.” By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship. The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest. “Ha!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.”
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
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From this reading “DOWN, Jerry!
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading “Ha!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading “DOWN, Jerry!
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
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From this reading The older dog, not so demonstrative, had stains of blood on his mouth and chest.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
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From this reading By this time the guardians of the outpost had left off their clamour, and one of them, by jumping up and fawning on Blount, showed that he had gained their friendship.
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From this reading Down, Driver!” said the bushman, “that’ll do, you’re making row enough to frighten all the cattle in the country.”
