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Chapter XXVI
A PARTING AND A LETTER. Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible. But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance. Not much appetite had she this morning. Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.”
a desire for food
From this reading “Not much appetite had she this morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.”
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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 A PARTING AND A LETTER.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PARTING AND A LETTER.
a desire for food
From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading A PARTING AND A LETTER.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
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From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
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From this reading A PARTING AND A LETTER.
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From this reading Next morning Miss Baynard and Evan breakfasted alone, Mr. Ellerslie remaining invisible.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
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From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Not much appetite had she this morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
which person or people
From this reading But Nell, who was becoming accustomed to her host's eccentricities, was hardly surprised at his non-appearance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dare was coming at ten o'clock, and the thought of her forthcoming interview with him disturbed her strangely.
