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Chapter VII
A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No! Don’t ask me!” Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break. “Mary! Mary!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.”
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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 A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading Don’t ask me!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading Don’t ask me!”
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading “Mary!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don’t ask me!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
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From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
not any; not one
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
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From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A dozen times she made an effort to break through the barricade of falsehood; and a dozen times I drove her back, all but crying to her, “No, No!
up to a particular time
From this reading Until at last, late one night, she caught my hand and clung to it in a grip I could not break.
