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Chapter XIX
A PLAINT OF PAIN. Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband? Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights. One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still. When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A PLAINT OF PAIN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
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From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
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From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A PLAINT OF PAIN.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading A PLAINT OF PAIN.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading A PLAINT OF PAIN.
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From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading One by one, she often watched the neighboring lights go out, and human sounds grow still.
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From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
at the time that
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
which person or people
From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading Cherokee was sad; what wife is not who has a drunken husband?
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From this reading Drearily broke the winter days, and drearily fell the winter nights.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When the phantom-peopled dark closed around her companionless hours, then would come the frightful waiting--in the watches of the night.
