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Chapter XXXVI
MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings? Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself. Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that! I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again. They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.”
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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 MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
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From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
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From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
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From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
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From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
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From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
above and across; more than
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
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From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
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From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
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From this reading Don't think me too impertinent for indeed I don't mean to be that!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I do and I want to tell you your ownself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They seem such dear friends to me, so like real live human beings talking and laughing, working and suffering too!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR, DEAR MARK TWAIN,--May a little girl write and tell you how dearly she loves and admires your writings?
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading I have read everything of yours that I could get and parts that touch me I have read over and over again.
