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Chapter X
"Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me. "Your expressions are not of the happiest." But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt. My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was. Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.”
during the time that
From this reading “"Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.”
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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 But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
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From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
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From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
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From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
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From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
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From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
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From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
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From this reading Meanwhile, however, in spite of her qualification of it, I had fallen back, once and for all, on pure benignity.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I saw it was only again to cover a doubt.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
during the time that
From this reading "Change of front?" she murmured while she looked at me.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My condition, for her, was questionable, and I felt it would be still more so on her hearing what it was.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your expressions are not of the happiest."
