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Chapter IX
“Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan? Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid. I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid. When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence. Is there no news?
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.”
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From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
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From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
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From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
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From this reading Is there no news?
not any; not one
From this reading Is there no news?
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From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
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From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
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From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
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From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
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From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
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From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
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From this reading Is there no news?
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From this reading I am tired of always recollecting that I am an invalid.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
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From this reading Look here, I don’t want her tender little notes to the invalid.
at the time that
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading When one is dying one has enough of it, without always being reminded in one’s correspondence.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Reine, is it long since you heard from Aunt Susan?
