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Chapter VII
Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in. "Who's that?" said the housekeeper. "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be. Stop! is that Tilly Englefield? Why, I declare it is!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “"Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.”
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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 "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Why, I declare it is!
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, I declare it is!
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
not any; not one
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
up to a particular time
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
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From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
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From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
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From this reading Why, I declare it is!
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From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
