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Chapter XV
She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly. “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice. “I should have put that first. If it hadn’t been for Jack!” And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “If it hadn’t been for Jack!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I should have put that first.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I should have put that first.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.”
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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 “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should have put that first.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
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From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
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From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I should have put that first.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I should have put that first.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading If it hadn’t been for Jack!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading “I should have put that first.
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From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She raised her eyes and looked at him full and frankly.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I should have put that first.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I should have put that first.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading And now the criss-cross pattern of the Philosopher’s awkward temperament began to urge itself into prominence.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said simply, and there was a thrill of pain in her gentle voice.
