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BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX. MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny? Is she not steady, and bright, and clever? When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance. She cried for joy.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She cried for joy.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.”
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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 BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
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From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
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From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She cried for joy.
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She cried for joy.
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
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From this reading She cried for joy.
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
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From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading BECKY GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN HERSELF AND RICHARD MANX.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
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From this reading Is she not steady, and bright, and clever?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
at the time that
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
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From this reading When she woke this morning I had an earnest conversation with her, and as far as was necessary I told her my plans and that I wanted her faithful assistance.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAREST LOVE--How, did you like my little messenger, Fanny?
