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Chapter VI
(_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk. They laugh to each other. He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire. CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides. MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “(_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.”
a thing, without saying which
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.”
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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 He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They laugh to each other.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading They laugh to each other.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading They laugh to each other.
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From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
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From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They laugh to each other.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARY ROSE is sitting demure but gay, holding her tongue with her fingers like a child._ _Something else is happening; the call has come to MARY ROSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_He looks up and she signs that she has promised not to talk.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
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From this reading He is then occupied for a little time in dumping wet stones from the loch upon the fire.
in the company of; together with
From this reading CAMERON is in the boat with his Euripides.
