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Chapter XXVIII
A STRANGE DISCOVERY. FRANKLIN went to London. Franklin loved old bookstores. There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets. One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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later than; following
From this reading “One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRANKLIN went to London.”
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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 A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
later than; following
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading Franklin loved old bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading FRANKLIN went to London.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading FRANKLIN went to London.
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From this reading Franklin loved old bookstores.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading Franklin loved old bookstores.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
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From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FRANKLIN went to London.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FRANKLIN went to London.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were many in London, moldy and musty, in obscure corners, some of them in cellars and in narrow passageways, just off thronging streets.
at the time that
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
in the company of; together with
From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
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From this reading One day, when he was sixty years of age, just fifty years after his association with Uncle Benjamin, he wandered out into the byways of the old London bookstores.
