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Chapter XVI
I was still at a loss. “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake. Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.” She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it. “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.””
above and across; more than
From this reading “She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was still at a loss.”
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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 I was still at a loss.
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
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From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was still at a loss.
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From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
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From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
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From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was still at a loss.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
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From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
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From this reading I was still at a loss.
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From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
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From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
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From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
above and across; more than
From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
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From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
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From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was still at a loss.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was still at a loss.
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From this reading “Anyhow, the wedding is postponed,” I continued; “and the cake.
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From this reading Of course one can’t help wondering how it’s all coming out.”
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From this reading She was now working at her ledger, bending her head over it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you ever met Miss Rieppe?”
