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THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant. "Keep out of sight," she panted. And--"Oh, why did you do it? Why did you? I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
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next to; at the side of
From this reading “THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
next to; at the side of
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading "Keep out of sight," she panted.
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From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Keep out of sight," she panted.
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From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading "Keep out of sight," she panted.
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From this reading "Keep out of sight," she panted.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading "Keep out of sight," she panted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think you killed him--they'll never forgive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
in or at the place that
From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
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From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
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From this reading THE QUEEN WINS She arrived breathless, distraught, instantly to drag me down beside her, from where I stood stupidly defiant.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And--"Oh, why did you do it?
