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Chapter VII
“Fancy seeing a lion! Weren’t you frightened?” Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa. He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind. “I scarcely had time,” he said.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Fancy seeing a lion!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I scarcely had time,” he said.”
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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 “Fancy seeing a lion!
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading “Fancy seeing a lion!
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading Weren’t you frightened?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I scarcely had time,” he said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading “Fancy seeing a lion!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading “I scarcely had time,” he said.
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From this reading “I scarcely had time,” he said.
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From this reading “Fancy seeing a lion!
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind.
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From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I scarcely had time,” he said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa.
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From this reading Weren’t you frightened?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Weren’t you frightened?”
