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Chapter IX
GRANNY DIXON. The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood. She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap. "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said. "We're allus i' trouble.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.”
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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 The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
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From this reading "We're allus i' trouble.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading GRANNY DIXON.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading GRANNY DIXON.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
above and across; more than
From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
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From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading She found him reading over his lunch in the sunshine, and she sat down opposite to him, folding her arms on her lap.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
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From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
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From this reading "We're i' trouble again at our house," she said.
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From this reading The next time Janey brought her father's dinner to the Yard she sought out Murdoch in a dejected mood.
