Chapter VII

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

earlier than; in front of

From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

an old form of “has”

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

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From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading Is she one of your schoolfellows?'

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Is she one of your schoolfellows?'

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

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From this reading MAUD MIDDLETON'S PARTY 'Methinks, good friend, to-day I scarce do know thee, The fashion of thy manner hath so changed.'

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From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

in or at the place that

From this reading 'Oh, Aunt Helen!' cried Peggy, bursting into the dining-room one afternoon, where her aunt was busy adding up accounts, 'can't we all go to Maud Middleton's party?'

which person or people

From this reading 'And who is Maud Middleton, I should like to know?' inquired Aunt Helen, pausing in the midst of her butcher's bill.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading 'I have not heard you mention her before.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Is she one of your schoolfellows?'