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Chapter VIII
“No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand. You want to be rid of me.” “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone. “Alice!” “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You know I didn't mean it, Dan.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.”
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From this reading “Alice!”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
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From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
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From this reading “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
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From this reading “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
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From this reading “You know I didn't mean it, Dan.”
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From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
not any; not one
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
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From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No; but I can do the next best thing: I can misunderstand.
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
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From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
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From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
at the time that
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Shall you be rid of me when we've parted?” she asked, with an inner thrill of earnestness in her gay tone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You want to be rid of me.”
