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Chapter XVII
HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes. In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say. And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs. He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home. The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.”
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading “He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.”
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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 And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
not any; not one
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
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From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the state she was in there was no knowing what she might do or say.
at the time that
From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
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From this reading He began to breathe more freely when she whirled away home.
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From this reading HOW PETER’S DIPLOMACY CAME TO NOUGHT Peter Mauger had kept himself carefully beyond the range of Julie’s wild black eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Sénéchal and Constable came out of the school-house at last with very grave faces.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
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From this reading And the words even of a mad woman sometimes stick like burrs.
