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Chapter XII
THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard. But this was no time to stand glooming. The wrong was done. Now to see if it could be righted. He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Now to see if it could be righted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wrong was done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But this was no time to stand glooming.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But this was no time to stand glooming.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.”
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wrong was done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
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From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
not any; not one
From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
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From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
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From this reading Now to see if it could be righted.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
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From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
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From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But this was no time to stand glooming.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading He turned and led the way back to the boat, thinking too hard for speech.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE FLAMING SWORD Blair's face was tighter and grimmer than ever as he took it all in, and the faces of the rest were sympathetically hard.
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From this reading The wrong was done.
