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Chapter X
The Lost Niece. "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do? What 'shall' I do?" Little Cissie sobbed out the words. And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Little Cissie sobbed out the words.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “"I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?”
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
the two together, not just one
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading Little Cissie sobbed out the words.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Cissie sobbed out the words.
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From this reading The Lost Niece.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading The Lost Niece.
no person; not anyone
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading Little Cissie sobbed out the words.
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading Little Cissie sobbed out the words.
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Lost Niece.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
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From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I'VE nowhere to go, and nobody wants me—oh, what shall I do?
which person or people
From this reading And Eileen and Nora, who were both as tenderhearted as could be, were almost ready to cry for very sympathy.
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From this reading Little Cissie sobbed out the words.
