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Chapter V
“Penrod!” Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels. “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?” She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further. “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.””
in the direction of
From this reading ““Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.””
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.””
during the time that
From this reading “She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.”
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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 Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
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From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading “Penrod!”
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From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
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From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
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From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
in the direction of
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Mrs. Lora Rewbush stood in the doorway, indignantly gazing upon a Child Sir Lancelot mantled to the heels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well,” said Penrod contentedly, as he followed her toward the buzzing stage, “I was just sitting there thinking.”
during the time that
From this reading She, also, detained the five hundred while she spake further.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you know that you have kept an audience of five hundred people waiting for ten minutes?”
