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Chapter VI
THE EVE OF THE WEDDING. Where shall I find a white rose blowing? Out in the garden where all sweets be. But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing. --CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Where shall I find a white rose blowing?”
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From this reading “But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading --CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
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From this reading THE EVE OF THE WEDDING.
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading --CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
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From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Where shall I find a white rose blowing?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EVE OF THE WEDDING.
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From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
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From this reading Where shall I find a white rose blowing?
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From this reading --CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Where shall I find a white rose blowing?
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From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading Out in the garden where all sweets be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EVE OF THE WEDDING.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
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From this reading THE EVE OF THE WEDDING.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where shall I find a white rose blowing?
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From this reading Where shall I find a white rose blowing?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But out in my garden the snow was snowing And never a white rose opened for me, Naught but snow and a wind were blowing And snowing.
