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Chapter II
MRS. PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton. "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief! I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself. Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!”
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
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From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
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From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
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From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
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From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
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From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
