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Chapter XIV
SCHOOL AT THE FOLLIES. Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life. For days she hovered between this world and the next. Two or three doctors came to see her. She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “For days she hovered between this world and the next.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For days she hovered between this world and the next.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.”
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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 Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SCHOOL AT THE FOLLIES.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
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From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
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From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
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From this reading SCHOOL AT THE FOLLIES.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
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From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
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From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jane Denton had a hard fight for her life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
not any; not one
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading SCHOOL AT THE FOLLIES.
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From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCHOOL AT THE FOLLIES.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
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From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading Two or three doctors came to see her.
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From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had two trained nurses; bulletins were put up at the door; no one was allowed to come in.
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From this reading For days she hovered between this world and the next.
