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Chapter XX
Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do. Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me." This was three weeks later. Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge. Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
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From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
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From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
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From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
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From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
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From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
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From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
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From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
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From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
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From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
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From this reading This was three weeks later.
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From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
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From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
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From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
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From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was three weeks later.
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From this reading This was three weeks later.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was three weeks later.
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From this reading This was three weeks later.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
