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Chapter VI
LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words. "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me? I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke. It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce. I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.”
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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 I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
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From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
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From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
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From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
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From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
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From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
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From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
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From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
