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Chapter XXI
Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance. LEE. MOLLY'S wedding was the next event. It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange. Betty went down for it.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Betty went down for it.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.”
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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 It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Betty went down for it.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Betty went down for it.
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From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Betty went down for it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading LEE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading It was a very quiet one, and she was married from Holly Grange.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
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From this reading MOLLY'S wedding was the next event.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Betty went down for it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
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From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Changing Corners Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.
