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Chapter IX
He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please." She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment. "Are we not going to see your child? You promised me yesterday evening. Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading You promised me yesterday evening.
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From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
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From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You promised me yesterday evening.
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
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From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading You promised me yesterday evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
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From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
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From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
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From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
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From this reading Perhaps you haven't got it any more to-day."
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From this reading She rose the next morning at seven o'clock, very much to her husband's astonishment.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
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From this reading You promised me yesterday evening.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He only blushed to the ears and stammered: "Just as you please."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are we not going to see your child?
