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Chapter XXVI
THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by. We had no news whatever from my father. We did not even know where he was. Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless. All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We did not even know where he was.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “All the rooms, except two were dismantled.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We did not even know where he was.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “We had no news whatever from my father.”
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
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From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
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From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
apart from; not including
From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
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From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
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From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
not any; not one
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
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From this reading All the rooms, except two were dismantled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
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From this reading THE EVIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Two very weary days dragged themselves by.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading We had no news whatever from my father.
in or at the place that
From this reading We did not even know where he was.
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From this reading Alice and I were hard at work packing, and already the house began to look bare and comfortless.
