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Chapter XIII
Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak. She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it. She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it. She had a gruel cup in her hand. "I want to see him," said Madelon.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had a gruel cup in her hand.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.”
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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 She had a gruel cup in her hand.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
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From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading She had a gruel cup in her hand.
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From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
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From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
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From this reading She had a gruel cup in her hand.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
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From this reading She had a gruel cup in her hand.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
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From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had a gruel cup in her hand.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
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From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading She knocked at the side door, and Margaret Bean opened it.
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From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
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From this reading "I want to see him," said Madelon.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
at the time that
From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
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From this reading She had heard his rattling cough as she picked her way out of the icy yard, and Madelon also heard it when she entered it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Elvira Gordon had gone home hoping that Lot might yet speak.
