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Chapter XII
But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated. She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet. “Oh, yes! I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends. “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.””
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.”
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
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From this reading “Oh, yes!
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From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
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From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading But Stella neither shuddered nor hesitated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m engaged to Sir Charles,” she said to all her friends.
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From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was in the highest spirits, flying everywhere, scarcely touching the ground with her feet.
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From this reading “Papa won’t hear of it, but he will have to give in.”
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From this reading “Oh, yes!
