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Chapter V
THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter. All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees. Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain. Mary hated it all. She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.”
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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 THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
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From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
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From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
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From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
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From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
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From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
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From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
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From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading Mary hated it all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
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From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
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From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
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From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
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From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She hated the long drives in to market down a fog muffled road.
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From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All day in the garden shrubbery Mary could hear the drop, drop of water from the trees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Christmas came and went in a sorrowful vapour of drifting rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TREES OF THE VALLEY It was a dreary winter.
