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Chapter XXXV
LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.” When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier. That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother. “My!” she exclaimed. “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““To think at first I might have took you for a boy!””
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““To think at first I might have took you for a boy!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““To think at first I might have took you for a boy!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.”
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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 That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
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From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
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From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading “My!” she exclaimed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
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From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My!” she exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
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From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think at first I might have took you for a boy!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That good soul took the girl to her bosom, patting her shoulder like a mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
at the time that
From this reading When Taisie Lockhart first had climbed down from the lofty cart seat and approached the front door of the Drovers’ Cottage, she walked straight into the arms of sturdy Lou Gore, matron of the first cowman’s hotel of the North and Florence Nightingale of the frontier.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LOU GORE “COME right on in, you poor child.”
