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Chapter XIV
'So you are not at church?' The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him. 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily. 'I go to Grasmere in summer.' 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
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the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.”
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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 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
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From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
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From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
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From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'I go to Grasmere in summer.'
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From this reading 'I go to Grasmere in summer.'
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From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I go to Grasmere in summer.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'Oh! don't apologise--to a heathen like me!
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'I go to Grasmere in summer.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice was Marsworth's as he stepped inside the flagged passage of the farm, Nelly having just opened the door to him.
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From this reading 'It's so far!--in winter,' said Nelly a little guiltily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'So you are not at church?'
