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HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR. HOLLY WAS OUTBID. "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear." The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon. So also was Jill.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.”
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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 "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading So also was Jill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
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From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading HOLLY WAS OUTBID.
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From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading So also was Jill.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
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From this reading HOLLY WAS OUTBID.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So also was Jill.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
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From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Blow this out for me, Boy, there's a dear."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sun was streaming into the library, in a cage upon the broad hearth there was a blazing log fire, and the appointment of the breakfast-table was good to look upon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOLLY WAS OUTBID.
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From this reading HOW DAPHNE WROTE FOR ASSISTANCE, AND MR.
