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Chapter XVIII
THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER. The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia. It was a red October morning. Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann. As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a red October morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.”
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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 The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a red October morning.
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From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a red October morning.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading It was a red October morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading It was a red October morning.
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LIFTED CLOUD--THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.
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From this reading As the two came in sight of the house, Mrs. Woods caught Gretchen by the arm and said:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a red October morning.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
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From this reading The next day witnessed a strange scene at the log school-house on the Columbia.
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From this reading Mrs. Woods accompanied Gretchen to the school, as she wished to have a talk with Mr. Mann.
