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Chapter IX
IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did. Andy waited upon her. "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said. "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here! For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.”
shame caused by unacceptable behaviour
From this reading “IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Andy waited upon her.”
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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 For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading Andy waited upon her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
shame caused by unacceptable behaviour
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
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From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
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From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
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From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
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From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
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From this reading "'Tis like old times, gentlemen a-comin' here!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Andy waited upon her.
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From this reading IN DISGRACE HAREBELL had her tea in the schoolroom alone, as she very often did.
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From this reading "There be visitors in the drawin'-room," he said.
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From this reading Andy waited upon her.
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From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
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From this reading For years we've had nothing but ladies, and a few on them.
