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Chapter XII
_NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about. Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson. They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased. She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger. Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “_NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.”
later than; following
From this reading “Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.”
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
later than; following
From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson.
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From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading _NEWS FROM HOME._ _November 30._ MY journal is not very regularly kept, nowadays, I have so much to do and to think about.
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From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading Letters have come from home, and from Aunt Willson.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She says she is thankful to have seen and liked Walter, for she would hardly have felt like giving me to a stranger.
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From this reading They all write very kindly, and dear mother is greatly pleased.
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From this reading Dick writes gravely, after his fashion, and Aunt Willson bluntly, after hers.
