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Chapter XVI
A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked: "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?" They two were of kin and called each other by their first names. "Matter enough, Wilda. I'm worried and angry.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:”
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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 A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading I'm worried and angry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading "Matter enough, Wilda.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading I'm worried and angry.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?"
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From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?"
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?"
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From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
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From this reading A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE Miss Tross-Kingdon entered Miss Hexam's room, looking so disturbed that the latter asked:
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From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They two were of kin and called each other by their first names.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?"
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From this reading "Why, Muriel, what is the matter?"
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From this reading "Matter enough, Wilda.
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From this reading I'm worried and angry.
