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Chapter XXVIII
Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice. She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean. I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me. I'm going to Paris. I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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later than; following
From this reading “I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.”
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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'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
later than; following
From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
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From this reading I'm going to Paris.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
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From this reading I'm going to Paris.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading I'm going to Paris.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading I'll never forgive June if she sent you after me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I'm not a child to be followed and looked after like this....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm going to Paris.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading Esther seemed arrested by the emotion in Micky's voice.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
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From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She stood looking up at him with wide eyes and parted lips, then suddenly she broke out again-- "I don't know what you mean.
