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Chapter XII
CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey. "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk." Vesta laughed. "Your poor cigars! I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Your poor cigars!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."”
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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From this reading "Your poor cigars!
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
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From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
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From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading Vesta laughed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Your poor cigars!
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From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
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From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
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From this reading Vesta laughed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Was this thing all arranged beforehand? you confess to the bandages in your trunk."
in or at the place that
From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I tumbled them out of their box with very little ceremony.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CONVALESCENCE "Where did you get your splints?" asked Geoffrey.
