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Chapter XI
THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room. So far as I could see there was no change in him. He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness. Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead. “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “So far as I could see there was no change in him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.”
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
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From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
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From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
not any; not one
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
above and across; more than
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
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From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
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From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
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From this reading Then he stooped down, and his lips touched my forehead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So far as I could see there was no change in him.
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From this reading THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUD From my low chair I watched my father cross the room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He came over to my side and took my hand with an air of anxious kindliness.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are better, Kate?” he inquired, quietly.
