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Chapter VI
OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!" I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here? And you, Aunt Hannah?" At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly. To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
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From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you, Aunt Hannah?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading And you, Aunt Hannah?"
the two together, not just one
From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
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From this reading OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"
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From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"
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From this reading And you, Aunt Hannah?"
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From this reading OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
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From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading OSBORNE'S STORY "Good heavens, Dulcie!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
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From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
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From this reading At the sound of my voice Dulcie started up in her chair, and Aunt Hannah turned quickly.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To my amazement they both looked at me without uttering.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I exclaimed, hurrying across to her, "whatever are you doing here?
