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Chapter I
Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees. She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie. But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one. In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears. "Yes, Virgie!
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used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.”
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading “Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.”
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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 Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
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From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
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From this reading But the prospect of making her daughter something wearable out of the odds and ends of nothing was not a happy one.
at the time that
From this reading In fact, she was still poking through her basket and frowning thoughtfully when a childish voice came to her ears.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She must go on with her task of planning a dress for Virgie.
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
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From this reading "Yes, Virgie!
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From this reading Young Mrs. Herbert Cary picked up her work basket and slowly crossed the grass to a shady bench underneath the trees.
