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Chapter VIII
"She’s a queer mixture," Tom said. "Isn’t she? She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home. She told me all the religion she had. ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She told me all the religion she had.”
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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 "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
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From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
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From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
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From this reading "Isn’t she?
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From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
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From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
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From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
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From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
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From this reading "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
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From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
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From this reading "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
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From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Isn’t she?
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From this reading "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ’Mother learnt me to say prayers, so I says ’em; and I learnt the kids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told me all the religion she had.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She’s a queer mixture," Tom said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has mothered those babies, kept house, cooked and washed, cut scrub, fenced and drained paddocks, put in crops, and broken in horses; and she can hardly sew on a button—decently, I mean; she ’clamps ’em on,’ she says; she has never made a pudding or a cake, never been to Church, and never ten miles from her home.
