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Chapter XXIV
What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself. As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her. Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me. She never complained. Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She never complained.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.”
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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 Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
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From this reading Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
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From this reading She never complained.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
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From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
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From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
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From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
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From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
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From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
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From this reading Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She never complained.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
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From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mrs. Clarke complained more than ever.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Her gentleness and piety, under the pressure of so horrible a life, seemed over-passive to me.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was to be done next? was the question that I asked myself.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As for Lucy, she would fain have submitted to the doom that lay upon her.
