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A NEW FRIEND. "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman? How much do you mean?" "I wish you would help me find out, papa." "How! don't you know?"
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later than; following
From this reading “"MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I wish you would help me find out, papa."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"How! don't you know?"”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “"MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"I wish you would help me find out, papa."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A NEW FRIEND.
later than; following
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How much do you mean?"
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From this reading "How! don't you know?"
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
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From this reading A NEW FRIEND.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading How much do you mean?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How! don't you know?"
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
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From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading How much do you mean?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading A NEW FRIEND.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
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From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
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From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
at the time that
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I wish you would help me find out, papa."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "MARIAN," asked her father, after smoking awhile in silence, "what did you mean by your emphatic negative when I asked you if you were not content to be a conventional woman?
