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Chapter III
“Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick. “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t. Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be. And yet she is just as human as other girls. You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet she is just as human as other girls.”
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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 “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And yet she is just as human as other girls.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
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From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
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From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
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From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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From this reading And yet she is just as human as other girls.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet she is just as human as other girls.
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From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
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From this reading And yet she is just as human as other girls.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
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From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
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From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
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From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lucille isn’t like other girls; she can’t be.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You mustn’t go to the house so often, Bert.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
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From this reading “Well?” said Oswald, and his voice was a bit thick.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet she is just as human as other girls.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You know what I ought to say; what I want to say, and can’t.
