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Chapter VIII
HER GRACE'S GENTLEWOMAN. I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed. Every one was kind to me. Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them. Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one was kind to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Every one was kind to me.”
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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 Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one was kind to me.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading HER GRACE'S GENTLEWOMAN.
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From this reading HER GRACE'S GENTLEWOMAN.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HER GRACE'S GENTLEWOMAN.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading Every one was kind to me.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every one was kind to me.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one was kind to me.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading Master and Mistress Davis treated me like a daughter in every respect, and I strove to behave like a dutiful child to them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every one was kind to me.
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From this reading Mistress Davis found me plenty to do, knowing, dear soul that she ever was, that to make me useful was the way to make me feel at home.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I STAID with Master Davis two months or more, always hoping to hear from my uncle and always disappointed.
