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Chapter IV
TRUST AND DISTRUST. "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September. "Your mother has one of her bad headaches." "Oh, how sorry I am!" I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"Your mother has one of her bad headaches."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.”
in the direction of
From this reading “"YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.”
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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 "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Oh, how sorry I am!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TRUST AND DISTRUST.
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From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
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From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
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From this reading TRUST AND DISTRUST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, how sorry I am!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, how sorry I am!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, how sorry I am!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, how sorry I am!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I exclaimed, thinking not of the holiday but of the headache.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
in the direction of
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TRUST AND DISTRUST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "YOU are to have a holiday to-day, Mrs. Vevette," was Grace's announcement to me one fine morning somewhere toward the end of September.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your mother has one of her bad headaches."
