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Chapter XXII
In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry. Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body. “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time! Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store! But I must have some one to help me.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I must have some one to help me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “But I must have some one to help me.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But I must have some one to help me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!”
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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 Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
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From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
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From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
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From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
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From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
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From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
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From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I must have some one to help me.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Here, master,” cried Neb; “here’s something to employ our time!
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
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From this reading Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store!
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry.
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
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From this reading Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
