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Chapter II
After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway. "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said. "You're late." "I know." She shut the door and took off her hat.
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later than; following
From this reading “After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I know."”
above and across; more than
From this reading “After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She shut the door and took off her hat.”
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later than; following
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading She shut the door and took off her hat.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading She shut the door and took off her hat.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I know."
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From this reading "You're late."
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading She shut the door and took off her hat.
above and across; more than
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
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From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading She shut the door and took off her hat.
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From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shut the door and took off her hat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After her return over the moor, through the silent garden and the dim house, Helen was dazzled by the schoolroom lights and she stood blinking in the doorway.
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From this reading "We're all here and all hungry," Rupert said.
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From this reading "You're late."
