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Chapter XVI
I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think. In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night. ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant. I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’ ‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’”
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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 I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
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From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
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From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
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From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
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From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
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From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
a person, without saying who
From this reading ‘But--someone might come in,’ I said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the evening she asked me to go into the pretty room she had been in last night.
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From this reading I cannot tell how I got through that day: she got through it very comfortably, I think.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘I am so fond of what is pretty,’ she said; ‘I like everything that is nice and pleasant.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I never would sit in any but the best rooms in the house if I had a house like this.’
