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Chapter VI
INTRODUCED TO MRS. ESTELL. A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up. Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion. But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.”
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading “Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.”
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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 A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
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From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
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From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading ESTELL.
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
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From this reading INTRODUCED TO MRS.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
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From this reading INTRODUCED TO MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
not any; not one
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading INTRODUCED TO MRS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
at the time that
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But I told him to sit down, a position which he always assumed in sorrow, seeming to regard it as a retreat when his spirit cried for a charge.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A week passed by with no sign of a setback and one morning the doctor said that I might sit up.
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From this reading Brother Washington eased me into a rocking chair, and stood as if expecting me to command him to continue the work of my conversion.
