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Chapter CCIX
The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s. “Feel how cold I am,” said she. “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.” The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.” “Down with you!” said the man.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.””
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
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From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading “Down with you!” said the man.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading “Down with you!” said the man.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
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From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
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From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Feel how cold I am,” said she.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Bah!” replied the father, “I am much colder than that.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The big girl approached and laid her hand in her father’s.
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From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Down with you!” said the man.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The mother exclaimed impetuously:— “You always have something better than any one else, so you do! even bad things.”
