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Chapter XXI
THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER. _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL). Dogcart round, eh? everything in? All right--shan't be a minute. (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
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later than; following
From this reading “_In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Dogcart round, eh? everything in?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All right--shan't be a minute.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).”
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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 THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
later than; following
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading All right--shan't be a minute.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All right--shan't be a minute.
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading Dogcart round, eh? everything in?
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From this reading Dogcart round, eh? everything in?
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From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Dogcart round, eh? everything in?
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From this reading THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
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From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading All right--shan't be a minute.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All right--shan't be a minute.
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading Dogcart round, eh? everything in?
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From this reading All right--shan't be a minute.
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
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From this reading _In the Morning Room._ TIME--_Sunday morning; just after breakfast._ _Captain Thicknesse_ (_outside, to_ TREDWELL).
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_Entering._) Hallo, Pilliner, you all alone here?
