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Chapter X
"I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied. She desires greatly one like it." "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly. And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha. So very different to Miss Gardener.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “So very different to Miss Gardener.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She desires greatly one like it."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading She desires greatly one like it."
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So very different to Miss Gardener.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading So very different to Miss Gardener.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading She desires greatly one like it."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading She desires greatly one like it."
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading So very different to Miss Gardener.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She desires greatly one like it."
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She desires greatly one like it."
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So very different to Miss Gardener.
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From this reading "Some day I'll give her one, when she's older," laughed Morgan-Mason good-humouredly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then, when the door had closed behind her, his sister remarked-- "Mademoiselle is most devoted to Bertha.
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From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
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From this reading So very different to Miss Gardener.
at the time that
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will be ve-ry careful of it, m'sieur, and will bring it back when mademoiselle is satisfied.
