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Chapter XIV
THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch. "Don't leave me!" she repeated. "Margaret, don't leave me to die!" But Margaret put the clinging hands away. "You are not going to die," she said.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “But Margaret put the clinging hands away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Don't leave me!" she repeated.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.”
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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 THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are not going to die," she said.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading But Margaret put the clinging hands away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading But Margaret put the clinging hands away.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading "Margaret, don't leave me to die!"
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From this reading "Don't leave me!" she repeated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are not going to die," she said.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading But Margaret put the clinging hands away.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading "Don't leave me!" she repeated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Margaret, don't leave me to die!"
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Don't leave me!" she repeated.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You are not going to die," she said.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading But Margaret put the clinging hands away.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Don't leave me!" she repeated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are not going to die," she said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Don't leave me!" she repeated.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
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From this reading THE FIRE The three girls reached the door in the same instant, but Mrs. Peyton followed, and still held Margaret's arm in a desperate clutch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Margaret, don't leave me to die!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are not going to die," she said.
