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Chapter XV
UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop. He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning. Her face was ashy. Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt. "Go on!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.”
demanded something firmly
From this reading “Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.”
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading “UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
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From this reading Her face was ashy.
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From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
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From this reading Her face was ashy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading "Go on!
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
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From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
demanded something firmly
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
up to a particular time
From this reading He found Mary conscious, biting her lips until they bled to keep from groaning.
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From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
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From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading UPS AND DOWNS Stonor, raging in his helplessness, was nevertheless obliged to stop.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she insisted on sitting up to prove to him that she was not badly hurt.
