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Chapter XXXV
SHEEP-SHEARING. Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full. Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years. This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.”
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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 Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
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From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
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From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
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From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
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From this reading SHEEP-SHEARING.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
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From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This winter, however, had changed the little wooden woman and brought her grief and anxiety, and revealed secrets to her that she had never guessed before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, Master, that I have,-- Three bags full.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ba, Ba, black sheep, Have you any wool?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Henley had always piqued herself upon a certain superiority to emotion of every kind,--youth, love, sorrow had seemed to her ridiculous things for many years.
