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Chapter IX
Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner. It disconnected her from life. It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves. Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground. A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It disconnected her from life.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.”
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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 It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
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From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
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From this reading It disconnected her from life.
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From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It disconnected her from life.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
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From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It disconnected her from life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It disconnected her from life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It disconnected her from life.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
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From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
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From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
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From this reading It cut her off from a network of safe, accustomed grooves.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
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From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
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From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Something solid she had clung to subsided under ground.
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From this reading Mrs. Wimble felt the death in another manner.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
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From this reading A final link with childhood, youth, and beauty broke.
