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Chapter XIII
The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint. She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her. ‘Don’t say any more. Please take no notice. Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Please take no notice.”
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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 The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading ‘Don’t say any more.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading ‘Don’t say any more.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
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From this reading ‘Don’t say any more.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
not any; not one
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading Please take no notice.
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From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading Please take no notice.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
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From this reading ‘Don’t say any more.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Please take no notice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
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From this reading She turned her face to the wall, and begged her mother to leave her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
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From this reading The promise was made, and Ombra lay down in her little white bed, silent, no longer making a complaint.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh! mamma, if you love me, don’t say any more,’ she had said.
