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Chapter III
There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well. “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven. Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.” There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder. And John Travis was helpless before it.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “And John Travis was helpless before it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And John Travis was helpless before it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.”
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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 There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And John Travis was helpless before it.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading And John Travis was helpless before it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading And John Travis was helpless before it.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
not any; not one
From this reading There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder.
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From this reading And John Travis was helpless before it.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading Some folks in the court have the Virgin Mary, but I never see God.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading “’Cause,” she subjoined, “if God lives in heaven and keeps it for people, if there wasn’t any God, there couldn’t be any heaven.
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From this reading There was a brave, eager innocence in her eyes, and a curious urgency as well.
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From this reading There was no irreverence in her tone, but a perplexed wonder.
