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Chapter XVII
"I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly. I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition. "Ah," she said. "I forgot that I must not talk. Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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any thing at all
From this reading “"I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"I forgot that I must not talk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.”
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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 I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading "Ah," she said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
any thing at all
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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From this reading "I forgot that I must not talk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
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From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I forgot that I must not talk.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I forgot that I must not talk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
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From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
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From this reading "I forgot that I must not talk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I forgot that I must not talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I have never seen anything like this," Isobel said softly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Indeed, I did not mean to, but--look!"
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
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From this reading I looked up from the writing-pad on my knee, and she met my glance with a smile of contrition.
