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Chapter III
MR. CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out. Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby. Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity: "I'm going to get that thread you want.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.”
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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 CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
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From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
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From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CANNON I A little later Hilda came downstairs dressed to go out.
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From this reading Ere Mrs. Lessways could descend from her tiptoes to her heels and turn round Hilda said quickly, forestalling curiosity:
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From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'm going to get that thread you want.
