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Chapter XV
‘KNAPWATER HOUSE September 20th. ‘I find I cannot meet you at seven o’clock by the waterfall as I promised. The emotion I felt made me forgetful of realities. ‘C. GRAYE.’ A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.”
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From this reading “A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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in or near a particular place or position
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showing who or what does the action
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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From this reading A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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From this reading A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I find I cannot meet you at seven o’clock by the waterfall as I promised.
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From this reading A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
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the person or people being spoken to
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From this reading A great statesman thinks several times, and acts; a young lady acts, and thinks several times.
