Chapter V

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

any thing at all

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

all things; all of a situation

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading This was how it happened.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

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From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

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From this reading This was how it happened.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

no person; not anyone

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

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From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was how it happened.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

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From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

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From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

at any time that; every time that

From this reading Whenever anything was wanted, people said, “Oh, go and ask Natalia Savishna for it,” and, sure enough, it was seldom that she did not produce the object required and say, “See what comes of taking care of everything!”

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Once I lost my temper with her.

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From this reading The trunks which filled her room seemed to contain almost everything in the world.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Her trunks contained thousands of things which nobody in the house but herself would have thought of preserving.