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With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly.... So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming. In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips. Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her. She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.”
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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 So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
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From this reading She would begin to correct, quietly but firmly, she would begin to disapprove of the tone and quality of her treatment.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
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From this reading In the opening days of each visit she performed marvels of tact, and set a watch upon her lips.
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From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So she circulated about a number of houses which at any rate always welcomed her coming.
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From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
in the company of; together with
From this reading With very little children she was quite wise and Jolly....
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then the demons of controversy and dignity would get the better of her.
