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Chapter XI
"FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE. The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest. They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht. They dug and dug for hours. Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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later than; following
From this reading “The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.”
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later than; following
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading They dug and dug for hours.
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From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
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From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading They dug and dug for hours.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"--ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
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From this reading Then the Crusoe stood up to straighten out the "kinks from his backbone," as he himself phrased it.
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From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning after breakfast Crusoe and Friday set to work in earnest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They very soon fashioned rude spades, and the tide being well back they commenced digging around the yacht.
