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VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval. Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!” “And what on earth—?” I felt her incredulity as she held me. “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
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later than; following
From this reading “VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.”
in addition to; as well as
From this reading ““Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!””
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!””
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!””
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!””
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
later than; following
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading “And what on earth—?”
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From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading I felt her incredulity as she held me.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
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From this reading I felt her incredulity as she held me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading I felt her incredulity as she held me.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I felt her incredulity as she held me.
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
not any; not one
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “And what on earth—?”
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I felt her incredulity as she held me.
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
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From this reading VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can give no intelligible account of how I fought out the interval.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And what on earth—?”
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From this reading “Why, all that _we_ know—and heaven knows what else besides!”
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I still hear myself cry as I fairly threw myself into her arms: “They _know_—it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!”
