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Chapter III
"Waal?" clanked the awful voice. "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther. He positively stuck at the substantive. "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him. "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.”
looking closely or carefully
From this reading “"Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He positively stuck at the substantive.
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From this reading "Waal?" clanked the awful voice.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "Waal?" clanked the awful voice.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
not any; not one
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
looking closely or carefully
From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading He positively stuck at the substantive.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading He positively stuck at the substantive.
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From this reading He positively stuck at the substantive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Waal?" clanked the awful voice.
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From this reading "Oh! there hasn't been nothin'," she said slowly still peering at him.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "Waal?" clanked the awful voice.
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From this reading "Waal?" clanked the awful voice.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
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From this reading "My dear woman," he burst out finally, "there's been something awful--" So far his desperation took him, but no farther.
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From this reading "I reckon you've only seen and heard what the others did.
