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Chapter IX
LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news. I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household. I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home. Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy. But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.”
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
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From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
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From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
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From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
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From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading Out here, my house and estate, and children all seem vague and shadowy.
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From this reading I shall be duly grateful on my next visit home.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I like to hear of you all, so keep me posted with details.
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From this reading I don't doubt that you're working wonders in my household.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LOUISE'S DEPARTURE "DEAR ANSTICE,— "Many thanks for your letter and all your news.
