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Chapter XIX
AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY. The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again! When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously. She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out. He threw down the clothes to take her.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He threw down the clothes to take her.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.”
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading “She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.”
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From this reading AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
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From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
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From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
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From this reading He threw down the clothes to take her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He threw down the clothes to take her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
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From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
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From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
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From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
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From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He threw down the clothes to take her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
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From this reading He threw down the clothes to take her.
up to a particular time
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The door to the kitchen was open: Tommy must be in the garden again!
at the time that
From this reading When he reached the nursery, as he called it to himself, he found the baby as he had left her, but moaning and wailing piteously.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading She looked as if she had cried till she was worn out.
