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_BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl. I wonder how I shall like it? However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter. Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think. That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “_BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I wonder how I shall like it?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.”
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
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From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
in or at the place that
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
