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Chapter XI
When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her. She rattled the handle impatiently and called: "Faith!" There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart. "Faith!
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.”
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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 There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She rattled the handle impatiently and called:
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
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From this reading She rattled the handle impatiently and called:
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading "Faith!"
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading She rattled the handle impatiently and called:
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading She rattled the handle impatiently and called:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
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From this reading She rattled the handle impatiently and called:
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
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From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no answer, and she rapped on the panel, a vague feeling of surprise in her heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
at the time that
From this reading When Peg went to Faith's room that night for their usual gossip, she found the door locked against her.
