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Chapter XII
“Kent,” she began. And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited. She took fire again because he did not meet her half way. “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried. She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.”
for the reason that
From this reading “She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Kent,” she began.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!””
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading “And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!””
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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 And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
for the reason that
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Kent,” she began.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading “Kent,” she began.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
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From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Kent,” she began.
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From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading She took fire again because he did not meet her half way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She broke off with a laugh and a new idea—“As if,” she said slowly and scornfully, “as if Madala would have cared!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And then—“Kent—if we quarrel——We’re too old to quarrel——If you had a shadow of excuse——” He waited.
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From this reading “But if you think you’ve stopped me——” she cried.
