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Chapter XIII
Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room. Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her. He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead. The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed. "Come, this won't do," he said.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come, this won't do," he said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come, this won't do," he said.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Come, this won't do," he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
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From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
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From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
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From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
not any; not one
From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
above and across; more than
From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
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From this reading Dead or alive, Prin was Prin, and Bert felt no awe of her.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading "Come, this won't do," he said.
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From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Come, this won't do," he said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor took hold of him forcibly and lifted him from the bed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was bending over her, and his tears were dropping on her forehead.
at the time that
From this reading Dead and Alive Again BERT was crouching on the bed close to his sister when the doctor came into the room.
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From this reading "Come, this won't do," he said.
