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Chapter II
THE POOL OF TEARS. "How strange! Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too! Good-by, feet." (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “(For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?”
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Good-by, feet."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Good-by, feet."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading "How strange!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE POOL OF TEARS.
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading THE POOL OF TEARS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading "How strange!
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
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From this reading THE POOL OF TEARS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE POOL OF TEARS.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
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From this reading Oh my!" said Al-ice, "how tall I am, and all at once, too!
at the time that
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
which person or people
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (For when she looked down at her feet they seemed so far off, she thought they would soon be out of sight.) "Oh, my poor feet, who will put on your shoes for you now, dears?
