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Chapter II
The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle. “Don’t put it out.” Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep. Emily laid down the extinguisher. “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You mean to report us, of course,” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
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From this reading “Don’t put it out.”
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From this reading Emily laid down the extinguisher.
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From this reading Emily laid down the extinguisher.
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From this reading Emily laid down the extinguisher.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Don’t put it out.”
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From this reading Emily laid down the extinguisher.
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading “Don’t put it out.”
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
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From this reading “Don’t put it out.”
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From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
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From this reading The woman’s lean, long-fingered hand pointed to the candle.
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From this reading Saying those words, she looked round the room, and satisfied herself that the other girls were asleep.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You mean to report us, of course,” she said.
