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Chapter XII
MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat? Or don't you need a rest?" It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed. She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday. Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Or don't you need a rest?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Or don't you need a rest?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.”
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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 Or don't you need a rest?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
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From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
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From this reading Or don't you need a rest?"
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From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or don't you need a rest?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
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From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or don't you need a rest?"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
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From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or don't you need a rest?"
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
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From this reading Was herself; her own blithe, bright self again.
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From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
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From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was said archly; the significant reference to Our Seat, subtly conveyed.
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From this reading She seemed to have shaken off the depression of yesterday.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MISUNDERSTANDINGS "Aren't you going to sit on Our Seat?
