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Chapter XIII
THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET. Hester Floyd was sick. Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious. She would have no one with her but Magdalen. Every other person made her nervous, she said.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every other person made her nervous, she said.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She would have no one with her but Magdalen.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She would have no one with her but Magdalen.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She would have no one with her but Magdalen.”
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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 Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Hester Floyd was sick.
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From this reading THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Hester Floyd was sick.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET.
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From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
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From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
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From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
not any; not one
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
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From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
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From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Every other person made her nervous, she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
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From this reading Hester Floyd was sick.
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From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOOSE BOARD IN THE GARRET.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hester Floyd was sick.
in or at the place that
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Exposure to a heavy rain had brought on an attack of fever, which confined her to her bed, where she lay helpless and cross, and sometimes delirious.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would have no one with her but Magdalen.
