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Chapter VII
“And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?” “I’d give it all to you for the distress.” Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely. “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl. I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading ““I’d give it all to you for the distress.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.”
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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 “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
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From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading “I’d give it all to you for the distress.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I’d give it all to you for the distress.”
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From this reading “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
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From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
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From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading “I’d give it all to you for the distress.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
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From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
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From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading Then her uncle spoke to her somewhat gravely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’d give it all to you for the distress.”
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From this reading “And you’d give it all to the soup kitchen?”
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From this reading “You’re a good girl, Nora,--a dear good girl.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I think I understand your thoughts on this matter, and I love you for them.
