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Chapter V
“Mother, Mother, I am so happy!” whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained. “I am so happy!” she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!” Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
Reading 1/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ““Mother, Mother, I am so happy!””
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Mother, Mother, I am so happy!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
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From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
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From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
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From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
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From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
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From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
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From this reading “Mother, Mother, I am so happy!”
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From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Mother, Mother, I am so happy!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Mother, Mother, I am so happy!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Mother, Mother, I am so happy!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
which person or people
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter’s head.
in the company of; together with
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading whispered the girl, burying her face in the lap of the faded, tired-looking woman who, with back turned to the shrill intrusive light, was sitting in the one arm-chair that their dingy sitting-room contained.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading she repeated, “and you must be happy, too!”
