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Chapter XXII
Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh. "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed. "Do what?" asked Evadne. "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle. She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do what?" asked Evadne.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.”
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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 Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do what?" asked Evadne.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading "Do what?" asked Evadne.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
up to a particular time
From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Do what?" asked Evadne.
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From this reading "Why, keep so pleasant with Isabelle.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
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From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.
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From this reading She works me up to the last pitch of endurance, until I feel sometimes as if I should go wild.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I don't see how you do it!" she exclaimed.
