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Chapter VI
GOOD SAMARITANS. George Vane did not come home. Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep. She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove. She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “George Vane did not come home.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “GOOD SAMARITANS.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.”
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From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
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From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
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From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George Vane did not come home.
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From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading George Vane did not come home.
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From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
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From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
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From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading George Vane did not come home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GOOD SAMARITANS.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
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From this reading George Vane did not come home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
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From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading George Vane did not come home.
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From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
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From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
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From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOOD SAMARITANS.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
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From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
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From this reading Eleanor kept the promise made to her faithful friend, and tried to sleep.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading George Vane did not come home.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She flung herself, dressed as she was, upon the little bed near the curtained alcove.
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From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would thus be ready to run to her father, whenever he came in, she thought, to welcome and minister to him.
