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Chapter VII
"So be. When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?' Gawd! Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle. 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.”
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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 When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "So be.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
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From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading Gawd!
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
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From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So be.
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading 'I knew,' she answers, slow and steady as a calm spring tide.
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From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
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From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
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From this reading Not a start, not a shot of the eyes my way, not the twitch of a muscle.
at the time that
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When the noise was loudest, walrus hides booming and priests a- singing, I says, 'Are you ready?'
