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Chapter X
"Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?" I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes. "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze. "I sometimes don't know what I am saying. I only mean that--you will not leave me."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I sometimes don't know what I am saying.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I sometimes don't know what I am saying.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
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From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
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From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
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From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
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From this reading I only mean that--you will not leave me."
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From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
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From this reading I only mean that--you will not leave me."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I only mean that--you will not leave me."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading I only mean that--you will not leave me."
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From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
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From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
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From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
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From this reading I asked, looking steadily into her fine eyes.
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From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I sometimes don't know what I am saying.
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From this reading "No, no; forgive me, Wilfrid," she exclaimed earnestly, returning my gaze.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I only mean that--you will not leave me."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you suspect that I would play you false, as some of your friends have done?"
