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A GIRL AND A GUN. A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped. Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game. Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed. So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.”
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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 GIRL AND A GUN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GIRL AND A GUN.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
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From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
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From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
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From this reading A GIRL AND A GUN.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GIRL AND A GUN.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Something would surely come into that little path, if she kept herself concealed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
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From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
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From this reading So she knelt down behind a small bush that grew at a corner of the two paths, and putting her gun through the bush, rested the barrel in a crotch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
at the time that
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
in or at the place that
From this reading A short distance beyond the place where Kate had been left, there was a small by-path; and when, still carefully carrying her gun, she reached this path, Kate stopped.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Here would be a good place, she thought, to wait for game.
