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Chapter V
DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room. Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots. Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble. Mrs. Potter Vallery. When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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above and across; more than
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
above and across; more than
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Mrs. Potter Vallery.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When Muriel saw this, she smiled a little.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading Mrs. Potter Vallery.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Down the dining-room table of Miller's Rise were scattered notebooks, sheets of blotting-paper, and occasional inkpots.
at the time that
From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
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From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Hammond, in her black and white dress, talked with animation to the Honble.
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From this reading DELIA March, 1919--January, 1920 XXXIII The meeting of the House Committee for St. Catherine's Home was over when Muriel entered the room.
