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Chapter LXXV
THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE. All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach. We will relate the facts. In all facts there are wheels within wheels. One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.”
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading “One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “In all facts there are wheels within wheels.”
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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 All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In all facts there are wheels within wheels.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading We will relate the facts.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In all facts there are wheels within wheels.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading We will relate the facts.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading In all facts there are wheels within wheels.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All this had occurred owing to the circumstance of a soldier having found a bottle on the beach.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will relate the facts.
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From this reading In all facts there are wheels within wheels.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
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From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will relate the facts.
in the company of; together with
From this reading One day one of the four gunners composing the garrison of Castle Calshor picked up on the sand at low water a flask covered with wicker, which had been cast up by the tide.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading In all facts there are wheels within wheels.
