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Chapter XXI
HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT. Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart. She had sent for her mother and told her the news. Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened. "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.”
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading “Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had sent for her mother and told her the news.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
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From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Placid Aunt Chatty lifted her meek eyebrows and opened her dim eyes as she listened.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had sent for her mother and told her the news.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT.
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From this reading "Sir Victor Catheron going to marry our Edith!
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From this reading Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss Place--Miss Beatrix Stuart.
