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Chapter XXVI
Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun. The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground. "That's one!" said Jean Oullier. Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired. The second man fell like the first.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The second man fell like the first.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"That's one!" said Jean Oullier.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The second man fell like the first.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.”
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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 Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
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From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
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From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
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From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
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From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second man fell like the first.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
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From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
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From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
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From this reading The second man fell like the first.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "That's one!" said Jean Oullier.
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From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's one!" said Jean Oullier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The second man fell like the first.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's one!" said Jean Oullier.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The man, struck in the breast, twirled round upon himself and fell head foremost to the ground.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
which person or people
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Putting his gun to his shoulder (but without leaving his horizontal position) Jean Oullier fired on the soldier who was now reloading his gun.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then aiming at the next soldier as calmly as he would at a partridge, he fired.
