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Chapter X
Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence. For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech. Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses. Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply. "How goes it, Nicholas?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.”
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading “For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.”
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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 Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading "How goes it, Nicholas?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading "How goes it, Nicholas?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "How goes it, Nicholas?"
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading "How goes it, Nicholas?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Only at each change, and seven times since break of day, had they changed horses.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
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From this reading Prince Ughtred had lit a fresh cigar and asked the same question and met with the same reply.
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From this reading Up the steep ascent to the capital two men galloped their tired horses in stern silence.
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For twelve hours they had ridden with scant waste of breath in speech.
