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Chapter XIX
When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes. “Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement. When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.” XIX Why should not Philip trust the future? He was a free man.
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acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “He was a free man.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement.”
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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 When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading “Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement.
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From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
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From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a free man.
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading He was a free man.
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading “Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
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From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
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From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
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From this reading “Mr. Burnett, authors need some encouragement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
at the time that
From this reading When they parted, Miss McDonald gave him her hand and held his a moment, looking into his eyes.
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in the company of; together with
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
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From this reading XIX Why should not Philip trust the future?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When I left Evelyn she was going to her room with your book in her hand.”
