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“You are very good to me.” That was all the girl said in reply. When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?” “Why, certainly. Now that you are rested, you are to do whatever you wish.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You are very good to me.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?””
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?””
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Now that you are rested, you are to do whatever you wish.””
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading “Why, certainly.
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Now that you are rested, you are to do whatever you wish.”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
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From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was all the girl said in reply.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Now that you are rested, you are to do whatever you wish.”
at the time that
From this reading When she had rested, Dorothy sitting sewing in the meanwhile, the girl turned to her hostess and asked:— “Might I put on my clothes again, now?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, certainly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now that you are rested, you are to do whatever you wish.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are very good to me.”
