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Chapter XIII
“So that is why I am here, away from all my friends. Was I too ill to be told? Couldn’t you make me know what was happening? You or the doctors or--or anybody?” “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
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any person at all
From this reading “You or the doctors or--or anybody?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Was I too ill to be told?”
in the direction of
From this reading ““You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.”
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From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
any person at all
From this reading You or the doctors or--or anybody?”
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From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
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From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
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From this reading You or the doctors or--or anybody?”
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
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From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
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From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
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From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading You or the doctors or--or anybody?”
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
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From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You or the doctors or--or anybody?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
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From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
in the direction of
From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was I too ill to be told?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You were much too ill,” protested the nurse, leading her towards the elevator and so by degrees to her room.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
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From this reading “So that is why I am here, away from all my friends.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Couldn’t you make me know what was happening?
