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Chapter VIII
VIII. THE PANSOPHIAN SOCIETY. The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him. It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization. The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.”
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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 It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
not any; not one
From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading THE PANSOPHIAN SOCIETY.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading THE PANSOPHIAN SOCIETY.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PANSOPHIAN SOCIETY.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
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From this reading VIII.
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From this reading It occurred to the members of the Society that a little fresh blood infused into it might stir up the general vitality of the organization.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Secretary of this association was getting somewhat tired of the office, and the office was getting somewhat tired of him.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
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From this reading The woman suffragists saw no reason why the place of Secretary need as a matter of course be filled by a person of the male sex.
