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Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy. A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!" And it would not be silenced. She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone. Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “And it would not be silenced.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.”
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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 A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
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From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And it would not be silenced.
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From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
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From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
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From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
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From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
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From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
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From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it would not be silenced.
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From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
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From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
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From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
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From this reading And it would not be silenced.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Great Danger THOUGH Hecla ran and jumped, she could not feel happy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
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From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
at the time that
From this reading She was frightened too, when she thought of Miss Anne going indoors to find the children gone.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And it would not be silenced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet still she went on, drawn river-wards by her vehement longing to find Chris and to have the little boat.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A voice kept saying, deep down in her heart, "You are wrong—you are wrong!"
