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Chapter XII
THE FANCY BALL. The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work. Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart. Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature. By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.”
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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 Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading THE FANCY BALL.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading THE FANCY BALL.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
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From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
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From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
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From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FANCY BALL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By nature she was inclined to look at the dark side rather than at the bright.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hers was not a particularly hopeful nature.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Molly came down from her interview with Jane Macalister with a sickening sense of coming disaster filling her heart.
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From this reading The best cure for anxiety, short of removing it altogether, is plenty of work.
