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Chapter XIII
THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519. Days of mutiny came in the cold waters. The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian. It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships. These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.”
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From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
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From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
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From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
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From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
not any; not one
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
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From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
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From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
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From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
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From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The spirit of disloyalty that had found expression in the inspector broke out anew at Port St. Julian.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MUTINY AT PORT JULIAN.--THE STRAITS.--1519.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It spread through the officers and crews of three of the ships.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
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From this reading Days of mutiny came in the cold waters.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading These caused to be published the resolution that they would sail no farther.
