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Chapter XXXV
FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering. For I am going to talk to you about Sybil." Brooks was a little paler than usual. This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue. And it had come so suddenly.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And it had come so suddenly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Brooks was a little paler than usual.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And it had come so suddenly.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.”
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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 FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it had come so suddenly.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
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From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And it had come so suddenly.
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From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it had come so suddenly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brooks was a little paler than usual.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
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From this reading Brooks was a little paler than usual.
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From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And it had come so suddenly.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And it had come so suddenly.
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From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
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From this reading For I am going to talk to you about Sybil."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Brooks was a little paler than usual.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
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From this reading Brooks was a little paler than usual.
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From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Brooks was a little paler than usual.
at the time that
From this reading This was one of those rare occasions when he found his emotions very hard to subdue.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FATHER AND SON "Do you know," Lady Caroom said, motioning Brooks to a seat by her side, "that I feel very middle-class and elderly and interfering.
