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Chapter V
AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast. As I opened the door there was a sudden hush. Everybody looked eagerly at me. Then Miss Fortescue tittered. Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
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every person
From this reading “Everybody looked eagerly at me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you know how one feels when that happens.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everybody looked eagerly at me.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, you know how one feels when that happens.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you know how one feels when that happens.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.”
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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 AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading Everybody looked eagerly at me.
every person
From this reading Everybody looked eagerly at me.
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From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
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From this reading Then Miss Fortescue tittered.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
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From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
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From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everybody looked eagerly at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Everybody looked eagerly at me.
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From this reading Then Miss Fortescue tittered.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
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From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading Then Miss Fortescue tittered.
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From this reading As I opened the door there was a sudden hush.
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From this reading Then Miss Fortescue tittered.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
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From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
at the time that
From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AT PLAY I selected a handkerchief, gave a last look at the weather, which was beastly, and went down (very late) to breakfast.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you know how one feels when that happens.
