Chapter III
"Let me bandage your hands," she said. "I have some salve in my room." Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan. His knotted forehead relaxed. "Are you coming up?"
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “"Let me bandage your hands," she said.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I have some salve in my room."”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Let me bandage your hands," she said.”
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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 Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you coming up?"
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.
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From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
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From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His knotted forehead relaxed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
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From this reading His knotted forehead relaxed.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
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From this reading His knotted forehead relaxed.
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From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
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From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.
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From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.
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From this reading "I have some salve in my room."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
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From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
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From this reading "Are you coming up?"
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From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her voice was a balm to the troubled heart of Harrigan.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you coming up?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Let me bandage your hands," she said.