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Chapter I
“HASTE TO THE WEDDING.” “Wooed and married and a’.” “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!” But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.”
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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 “Wooed and married and a’.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Wooed and married and a’.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
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From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!”
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From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
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From this reading “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “HASTE TO THE WEDDING.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!”
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From this reading “Wooed and married and a’.”
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “Edith!” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “HASTE TO THE WEDDING.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “HASTE TO THE WEDDING.”
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “HASTE TO THE WEDDING.”
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From this reading She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons.
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From this reading “Wooed and married and a’.”
