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Chapter VIII
“Captain Rothesay?” “My dear?” Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!” The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus. Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Captain Rothesay?””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Rothesay?”
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading “My dear?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
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From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear?”
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From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
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From this reading “Captain Rothesay?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
