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Chapter XXX
Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap. The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind. She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened. "She does not love me, Mrs. Talcott. She has turned me out.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has turned me out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.”
during the time that
From this reading “The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She does not love me, Mrs. Talcott.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has turned me out.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading "She does not love me, Mrs. Talcott.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "She does not love me, Mrs. Talcott.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "She does not love me, Mrs. Talcott.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
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From this reading She has turned me out.
above and across; more than
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
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From this reading She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.
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From this reading She has turned me out.
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From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She tried to tell Mrs. Talcott what had happened.
during the time that
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Talcott sat down on the bed and Karen knelt before her with her head in her lap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old woman's passed quietly over her hair while she wept, and the homely gentleness, like the simplicity of milk to famished lips, flowed into her horror-haunted mind.
