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Chapter XXI
PEN VICTORIOUS. Penelope managed to reach home unattended. She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched. Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome. They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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in an embarrassed or timid way
From this reading “They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.”
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
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From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
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From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
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From this reading PEN VICTORIOUS.
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From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
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From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
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From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
in an embarrassed or timid way
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading Penelope managed to reach home unattended.
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From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
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From this reading PEN VICTORIOUS.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was tired and draggled and dusty, and also very much scratched.
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From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
at the time that
From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
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From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
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From this reading They had not missed her, it is true, but when they saw her coming sadly and sheepishly in at the wicket-gate they concluded that they had.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her sisters received her with whoops of astonishment and welcome.
