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Chapter IV
AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?' Ethel asked that night. 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.' Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm. 'Why, mamma! what do you mean?'
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ethel asked that night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
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From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ethel asked that night.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
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From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
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From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
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From this reading Ethel asked that night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
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From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Why, mamma! what do you mean?'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel asked that night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ethel asked that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
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From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ethel's clear gift of interpreting even the most delicate modulations in her mother's voice, instantly gave her the first faint sense of alarm.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Why, mamma! what do you mean?'
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From this reading 'Why, mamma! what do you mean?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN INTIMACY 'Does father really mean it about me going to the works to-morrow?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I suppose so, my dear,' replied Leonora, and she added: 'You must do all you can to help him.'
