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Chapter III
‘Arise, Prince! The mares are all collected. But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers. There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck. Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.”
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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 There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
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From this reading The mares are all collected.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mares are all collected.
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From this reading ‘Arise, Prince!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading The mares are all collected.
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading The mares are all collected.
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
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From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading ‘Arise, Prince!
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From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
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From this reading Do you steal it, and at the dead of night ride away from the house.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The mares are all collected.
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From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
at the time that
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
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From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But when you get home, don’t let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you, but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers.
