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Chapter VI
AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time. I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there. Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you." Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time. She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.”
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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 AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
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From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
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From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time.
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From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
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From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
brief or direct in expression
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
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From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AN ADVENTUROUS DAY "HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there.
