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Chapter IX
SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was. So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart. But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still. Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle. The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.”
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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 Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
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From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
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From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
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From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
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From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
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From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
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From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So sweet, that I could scarcely hear the note of the little warning bell down in the bottom of my heart.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SKIRMISHING That first dinner at home! how strange and sweet it was.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
which person or people
From this reading The circle was made larger in the evening, by the coming in of two of Ransom's friends, who were also, I saw, friends of my father and mother.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But mamma had struck it up stairs, and its vibrations would not quite be still.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet there was a wonderful charm in my own home circle.
