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Chapter III
LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger). Isnt she splendid? MRS. BANGER (rising with a large gesture). This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.”
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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 BANGER (rising with a large gesture).
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From this reading LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger).
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger).
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger).
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading BANGER (rising with a large gesture).
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading Isnt she splendid?
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From this reading LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger).
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From this reading BANGER (rising with a large gesture).
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading LADY CORINTHIA (admiring Mrs. Banger).
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading BANGER (rising with a large gesture).
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Isnt she splendid?
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading Isnt she splendid?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
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From this reading This very afternoon I shall cast off this hampering skirt for ever; mount my charger; and with my good sabre lead the Anti-Suffragets to victory.
in the company of; together with
From this reading BANGER (rising with a large gesture).
