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Chapter VIII
On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her. Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had! She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks. She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself. "Yes--yes?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!”
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
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From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
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From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
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From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
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From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Stanley, surely; he must have felt the same need that she had!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading On the threshold of her room, the telegram crumpled in her hand, the telephone bell arrested her.
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From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
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From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading She had waited too long; she had exacted the impossible of herself.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She fumbled uncertainly with the receiver; the tears were running down her cheeks.
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From this reading "Yes--yes?
