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Chapter VI
IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED. The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces. 'No work, mother?' I asked. 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.”
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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 IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
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From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
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From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
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From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
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From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
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From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
not any; not one
From this reading 'No work, mother?'
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH A FAIRY IN A COTTON-PRINT DRESS IS INTRODUCED.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next day was Saturday, and my mother went out early in the morning, and returned at two o'clock with the saddest of faces.
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From this reading 'No work, mother?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'No, my dear,' she replied; 'but come, my child, you must be hungry.'
