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Chapter XIII
DOMESTIC TROUBLES. Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time. In her dressing-room knelt Marvel, unpacking. She rose when Lady Isabel entered. “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.”
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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 “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
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From this reading DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
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From this reading In her dressing-room knelt Marvel, unpacking.
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From this reading She rose when Lady Isabel entered.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading In her dressing-room knelt Marvel, unpacking.
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From this reading She rose when Lady Isabel entered.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading In her dressing-room knelt Marvel, unpacking.
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From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading She rose when Lady Isabel entered.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rose when Lady Isabel entered.
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From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
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From this reading DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
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From this reading In her dressing-room knelt Marvel, unpacking.
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From this reading Isabel wandered back, and then wandered through the rooms; they looked lonely; not as they had seemed to look in her father’s time.
at the time that
From this reading She rose when Lady Isabel entered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Can I speak to you a moment, if you please my lady?”
