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Chapter XXXIV
RULES. The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings. Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it. Madge came home in a great state of delight. "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Madge came home in a great state of delight.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.”
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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 Madge came home in a great state of delight.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
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From this reading Madge came home in a great state of delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madge came home in a great state of delight.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
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From this reading Madge came home in a great state of delight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Madge came home in a great state of delight.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
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From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading RULES.
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From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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From this reading Madge came home in a great state of delight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day Mr. Dillwyn came to take Madge to see Brett's Collection of Paintings.
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From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was so nice!" she explained to her sister; "just as nice as it could be.
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From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Mrs. Wishart declared herself not yet up to it.
