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Chapter XIII
_MRS. HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby. Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade. She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain. Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
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later than; following
From this reading “She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.”
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later than; following
From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading _MRS.
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From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
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From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOYT_, _alias_ Bray, found Pinky Swett, but she did not find the poor cast-off baby.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mutually baffled, they parted at last in bitter anger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading Pinky had resolved to make it her own capital in trade.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
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From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She parleyed and trifled with Mrs. Hoyt week after week, and each did her best to get down to the other's secret, but in vain.
