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Chapter VII
THE GROWN-UPS. In the evening Polly had her interview with her father. Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart. How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided? How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?”
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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 Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
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From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading THE GROWN-UPS.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
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From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GROWN-UPS.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dr. Maybright had gone through a long and fatiguing day; some anxious cases caused him disquiet, and his recent sorrow lay heavily against his heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
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From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How was the father of seven daughters, and two very scampish little sons, to bring them up alone and unaided?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the evening Polly had her interview with her father.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading How was a man's own heart to do without the sympathy to which it had turned, the love which had strengthened, warmed, and sustained it?
