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Chapter XXI
NEWS OF SUE. The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened. She was home again. That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go. How awful would have been her fate but for him!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She was home again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “How awful would have been her fate but for him!”
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “How awful would have been her fate but for him!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.”
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “How awful would have been her fate but for him!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was home again.
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
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From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
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From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
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From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
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From this reading She was home again.
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From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
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From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
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From this reading NEWS OF SUE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEWS OF SUE.
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
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From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
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From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
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From this reading That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.
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From this reading NEWS OF SUE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
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From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was home again.
at the time that
From this reading The next morning, when Connie awoke, she remembered all the dreadful things that had happened.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How awful would have been her fate but for him!
