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Chapter VII
Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home. The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land. His reasons. How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger. I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “His reasons.”
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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 I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
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From this reading I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His reasons.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
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From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading The elder Baron opposes my leaving the land.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His reasons.
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From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
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From this reading I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading Once more I grow tired of the quiet pleasures of home.
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From this reading I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
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From this reading I enter a wild and untrodden territory.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How I freed the ancestral estates from the pests of moles, meadow-mice and ground-squirrels; and how I set out for the Indies with my faithful Bulger.
