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Chapter XIII
NEAR THE EDGE. 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly. And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit. Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine. Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
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From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
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From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
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From this reading NEAR THE EDGE.
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From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
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From this reading NEAR THE EDGE.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEAR THE EDGE.
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From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her eyes looked anywhere to avoid mine.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
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From this reading Her voice trembled, and she seemed ready to sink into the earth with shame.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And she stood with clasped hands and blushing cheeks, as if she were the culprit.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Will you give me back my--my chain, if you please?' she said timidly.
