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HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes." The woman closed her eyes again. "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband." The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard. She opened her eyes.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The woman closed her eyes again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."”
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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 HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman closed her eyes again.
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard.
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From this reading The woman closed her eyes again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading The woman closed her eyes again.
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The woman closed her eyes again.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
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From this reading She opened her eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She opened her eyes.
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From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
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From this reading The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard.
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was the shock of seeing her dead husband."
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From this reading The doctor spoke this in a whisper, but the woman heard.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
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From this reading The woman closed her eyes again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOW THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM "There, there," said the doctor; "you will be all right in a few minutes."
