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Chapter XIII
‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’ ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight. ‘Tell me quite the truth. Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’ ‘I won’t,’ says Betty, giggling.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Tell me quite the truth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Tell me quite the truth.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘I won’t,’ says Betty, giggling.
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From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
above and across; more than
From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
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From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Tell me quite the truth.
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From this reading ‘I won’t,’ says Betty, giggling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
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From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Tell me quite the truth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Tell me quite the truth.
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From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don’t gloss things over just to please me.’
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From this reading ‘Tell me quite the truth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Betty, was I looking frightful?’ asks Susan, drawing her sister away as soon as Crosby is out of sight.
in or at the place that
From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
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From this reading ‘I won’t,’ says Betty, giggling.
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From this reading ‘But I know best where wringeth me my shoe.’
