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Chapter III
BY and by it was getting-up time. So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England. But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying. I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would. I went in there and says:
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any person at all
From this reading “I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BY and by it was getting-up time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went in there and says:”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.”
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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 But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
any person at all
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
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From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
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From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
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From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
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From this reading I went in there and says:
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From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went in there and says:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BY and by it was getting-up time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went in there and says:
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls' room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her old hair trunk, which was open and she'd been packing things in it--getting ready to go to England.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But she had stopped now with a folded gown in her lap, and had her face in her hands, crying.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I felt awful bad to see it; of course anybody would.
