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Chapter XXIX
SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate. The four walked back to the library together. Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep. She took no notice of her son. Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took no notice of her son.”
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From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
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From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
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From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
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From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
not any; not one
From this reading She took no notice of her son.
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From this reading She took no notice of her son.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She took no notice of her son.
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From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
above and across; more than
From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took no notice of her son.
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From this reading Mrs. Agar looked back over her shoulder at every other footstep.
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From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
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From this reading She took no notice of her son.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her affection for him seemed suddenly to have been absorbed and lost in some other emotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
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From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took no notice of her son.
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From this reading The four walked back to the library together.
in the company of; together with
From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
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From this reading SETTLED For love in sequel works with fate.
