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Chapter II
The brother and sister were left together. Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it. Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison! No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is! But we know what it all means.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But we know what it all means.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The brother and sister were left together.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!”
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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 Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
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From this reading But we know what it all means.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
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From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
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From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
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From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
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From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
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From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But we know what it all means.
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From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But we know what it all means.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
not any; not one
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
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From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we know what it all means.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The brother and sister were left together.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But we know what it all means.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
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From this reading Eighteen years old, and as pretty as you are, to be kept locked up as if in prison!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Melissa sighed deeply; but her brother went up to her, laid his arm round her shoulder, and said: "Poor child! you have indeed a hard time of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No one would envy you, even if your fellow-captive and keeper were younger and less gloomy than your father is!
