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Chapter XVI
“Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked. Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night. He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile. “She's my mother. She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....””
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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 “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
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From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
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From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
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From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
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From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
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From this reading “She's my mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “She's my mother.
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From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
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From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
To recall to mind.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's my mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
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From this reading Liff came up, leading the buggy out of the night.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He looked from one to the other with his feeble smile.
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From this reading She'll take you home,” he said; and he added, raising his voice to speak to the old woman: “It's the girl from lawyer Royall's--Mary's girl... you remember....”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you got a place where I can lie down for the night?” she asked.
