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Chapter XV
MRS. YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house. He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him. When the visitor came up it was Terpy. She was in a state of suppressed excitement.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.”
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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 YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading When the visitor came up it was Terpy.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading She was in a state of suppressed excitement.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When the visitor came up it was Terpy.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading MRS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in a state of suppressed excitement.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading She was in a state of suppressed excitement.
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From this reading She was in a state of suppressed excitement.
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From this reading When the visitor came up it was Terpy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
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From this reading When the visitor came up it was Terpy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
at the time that
From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading He was alone in his room when a messenger announced that a woman wished to see him.
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From this reading YORKE MAKES A MATCH The next day Keith was able to sit up, though the Doctor refused to let him go out of the house.
