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Chapter XXI
On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room. The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home. The boarders were at supper and the staff with them. But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour. She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
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From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
not any; not one
From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
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From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
above and across; more than
From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
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From this reading The afternoon classes were over and the day pupils and mistresses had gone home.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
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From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
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From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
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From this reading But Henrietta had taken no notice of the supper-hour.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the following afternoon Clare and Henrietta were sitting together in the mistresses' room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The boarders were at supper and the staff with them.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
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From this reading She had more work in hand than she could well compass--letters to write and answer, of explanation, and enquiry, and condolence.
