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Chapter VII
Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room. 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on. 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied. 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?' 'Nobody, ma'am.'
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “'Nobody, ma'am.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'”
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From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
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From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Nobody, ma'am.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
no person; not anyone
From this reading 'Nobody, ma'am.'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I have been visiting poor Mr Glenmurray,' she replied.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
at the time that
From this reading Mrs Mowbray was but just returned from her charitable visit when Adeline entered the room.
in or at the place that
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
which person or people
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading 'Indeed!' cried Mrs Mowbray: 'and without my leave! and pray who went with you?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'And pray, Miss Mowbray, where have you been?' she exclaimed, seeing Adeline with her hat and cloak on.
