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Chapter II
CLARA DESMOND. It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts. In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not? Had she been most gratified or most pained? Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
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From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
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From this reading CLARA DESMOND.
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From this reading CLARA DESMOND.
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From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had she been most gratified or most pained?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had she been most gratified or most pained?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?
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From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?
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From this reading Had she been most gratified or most pained?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the first place, had she been pleased or had she not?
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From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
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From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had been Clara Desmond's first ball, and on the following morning she had much to occupy her thoughts.
at the time that
From this reading Girls when they ask themselves such questions seldom give themselves fair answers.
