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Chapter XV
BACK AGAIN. Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel. A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain. She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it. Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BACK AGAIN.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.”
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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 mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BACK AGAIN.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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From this reading BACK AGAIN.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
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From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
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From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
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From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
not any; not one
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
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From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fever boiled in the heart of Mehetabel.
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From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A mill-race of ideas rushed through her brain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor was there sufficient employment to be found in the house to engage all her time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
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From this reading She found no rest in her household work, for it was not possible for her to keep her mind upon it.
