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Chapter IX
And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it. So she had been compelled to write him, had she? Oh, these dames! Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me. How can you?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So she had been compelled to write him, had she?”
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading “Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Oh, these dames!”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.”
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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 Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can you?
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
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From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading Oh, these dames!
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
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From this reading How can you?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading Oh, these dames!
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
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From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Oh, these dames!
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From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
in the company of; together with
From this reading And then later, with the same Edward taking it most casually and grandly and reading it.
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From this reading So she had been compelled to write him, had she?
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yet with a definite thrill from the contents for all of that, for it read: “Oh, Edward, darling, you can’t be so cruel to me.
