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Chapter V
"'Do you know how to do it?' she asked. "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied. 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things. My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son. I learn to cook the simple food.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.”
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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 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading I learn to cook the simple food.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
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From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
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From this reading I learn to cook the simple food.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
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From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
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From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
not any; not one
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
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From this reading I learn to cook the simple food.
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From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
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From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading My father and my mother had no daughter, and I had to be their daughter as well as their son.
in or at the place that
From this reading 'In a little hut in Alsace, where I was born, I was obliged to learn to do all things.
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From this reading "'Oh, yes, madame,' the good Isaac replied.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'Do you know how to do it?' she asked.
