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Chapter III
To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be. The wild winds sigh eerily around the house. The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn. The sun refuses to shine. No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.”
unpleasantly cold
From this reading “To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.”
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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 To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
unpleasantly cold
From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
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From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
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From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
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From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
not any; not one
From this reading No more dreary and desolate day could be imagined.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading The sun refuses to shine.
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From this reading The sun refuses to shine.
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From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading The sun refuses to shine.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sun refuses to shine.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading The autumn leaves are beaten from the trees and swirl through the air, falling in dank, sodden masses on the soaked grass of the lawn.
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From this reading To-morrow, Vera's to-morrow--dawns, rainy, chilly, cheerless, as only a rainy autumn day can be.
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From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
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From this reading The wild winds sigh eerily around the house.
