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Chapter VIII
ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams. He sprang to his feet and stretched himself. Then he saw the roses. For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously. Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.”
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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 ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading Then he saw the roses.
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From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
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From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
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From this reading Then he saw the roses.
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From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He sprang to his feet and stretched himself.
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From this reading For a moment or two he stared at them incredulously.
in or at the place that
From this reading Then his thoughts flashed backwards--where or how had he become possessed of them?
in the company of; together with
From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
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From this reading ROSES Macheson woke with the daylight, stiff, a little tired, and haunted with the consciousness of disturbing dreams.
