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Chapter XIX
For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own. He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast. "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also. "It is true. I am a child but am I not a man also?
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “"Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.”
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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 I am a child but am I not a man also?
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am a child but am I not a man also?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am a child but am I not a man also?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading I am a child but am I not a man also?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
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From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is true.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
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From this reading I am a child but am I not a man also?
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am a child but am I not a man also?
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
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From this reading "It is true.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Father, I know!" he cried under his breath also.
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From this reading He kneeled by the bedside, and, as he did it, Marco half sitting up caught his hand and held it hard against his breast.
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From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For the moment, his face and his voice were scarcely like his own.
