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Chapter IV
She did not answer. "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?" Alice looked away from him and gave no answer. "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?" "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"There are limits to everything," he heard her say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"”
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From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
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From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
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From this reading She did not answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not answer.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
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From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
not any; not one
From this reading Alice looked away from him and gave no answer.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not answer.
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not answer.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "There are limits to everything," he heard her say.
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From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
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From this reading "Even if I have behaved foolishly, we two surely know each other too well for that to separate us?"
which person or people
From this reading "We who have always been such good friends and had such good times together?"
