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Chapter II
"If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?" She looked at him as if in surprise. "Forbid Terry?" she echoed, and then smiled. Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat. Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked at him as if in surprise.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “"If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"”
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.”
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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 Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Forbid Terry?" she echoed, and then smiled.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
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From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
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From this reading "Forbid Terry?" she echoed, and then smiled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
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From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
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From this reading "Forbid Terry?" she echoed, and then smiled.
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From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
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From this reading She looked at him as if in surprise.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading "Forbid Terry?" she echoed, and then smiled.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Decidedly this was her first tone, a soft tone that came from deep in her throat.
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From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Instinctively Vance contrasted it with the way she had spoken to him.
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From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If Terry worries you like this," suggested her brother kindly, "why don't you forbid these pranks?"
