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Very soon tea was brought in. The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation. It was she who provided the opening. "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired. Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Very soon tea was brought in.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Very soon tea was brought in.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
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From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was she who provided the opening.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading It was she who provided the opening.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading It was she who provided the opening.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was she who provided the opening.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
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From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
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From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading Tallente looked at his guest thoughtfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The homely service of the meal, and Robert's plain clothes, seemed to demand some sort of explanation.
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From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Very soon tea was brought in.
which person or people
From this reading It was she who provided the opening.
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From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will your wife be long away?" she enquired.
