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Chapter XIII
THE REVOLUTION IN ARTILLERY. "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips. Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied: "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented. Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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any thing at all
From this reading “Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “"Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
any thing at all
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN ARTILLERY.
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN ARTILLERY.
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
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From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
not any; not one
From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN ARTILLERY.
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN ARTILLERY.
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
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From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
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From this reading Isn't it funny, though--it does not use powder or anything of that sort--it does not shoot out fire, but only the bullet, and there's no smoke!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
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From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
which person or people
From this reading "It is only the master--no, it is M. Antonino, who is trying the rifle they invented.
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From this reading Hedwig laughed, but going to the window, calmly replied:
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, what is that?" muttered Césarine, with white lips.
