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Chapter IV
"Go away, children! I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers. "What in the world do you want here? I thought you were all in bed!" "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What in the world do you want here?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought you were all in bed!"”
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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 "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading I thought you were all in bed!"
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From this reading "Go away, children!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading I thought you were all in bed!"
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading "Go away, children!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading "Go away, children!
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From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
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From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
above and across; more than
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought you were all in bed!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hear him, Periwinkle, trying to talk like a grown man!" said Primrose.
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From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought you were all in bed!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
in the company of; together with
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
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From this reading "What in the world do you want here?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can't be troubled with you now!" cried the student, looking over his shoulder, with the pen between his fingers.
