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Chapter VII
THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?" We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees. Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still. Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee. It was a very hot afternoon.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was a very hot afternoon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.”
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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 Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a very hot afternoon.
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From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
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From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading It was a very hot afternoon.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a very hot afternoon.
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From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
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From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
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From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
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From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
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From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
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From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
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From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
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From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
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From this reading It was a very hot afternoon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were all lying out on the lawn under the trees.
in or at the place that
From this reading THE GIPSY CAMP "AND now where can we buy the donkey?"
which person or people
From this reading Puff was the only one who couldn't keep still.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Every now and then he would dart out into the sun, chasing a butterfly or pursuing a bee.
