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Chapter XX
But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner. "My Settlement!... Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way. I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many." Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
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any person at all
From this reading “Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."”
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
any person at all
From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My Settlement!...
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading "My Settlement!...
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From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
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From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
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From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading Her unwarlike reply was: "Well, I haven't told anybody."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
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From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading I assure you I've nothing at all to do with it, other than as one worker out of many."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, I beg that you won't speak or think of it in that way.
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From this reading But the result of that was only to bring new stiffness into the strange young man's manner.
