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Chapter II
"I daresay, Walter; but is that all? Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry? Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?" "What! go and tell my father the whole truth? Do you think I ought?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Do you think I ought?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What! go and tell my father the whole truth?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you think I ought?"”
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From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
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From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
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From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Do you think I ought?"
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
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From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
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From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you think I ought?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
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From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
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From this reading "I daresay, Walter; but is that all?
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What! go and tell my father the whole truth?
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From this reading Won't you imitate, as far as it is now possible, little George Washington's moral courage?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you not going to _show_ that you are sorry?
