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Chapter VII
“Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said. “She’d yell like a siren. It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!” For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded. The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!””
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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 “She’d yell like a siren.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
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From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
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From this reading “Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
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From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
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From this reading “She’d yell like a siren.
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From this reading “Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.
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From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
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From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
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From this reading “Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.
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From this reading “She’d yell like a siren.
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From this reading “She’d yell like a siren.
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From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading For a moment it seemed as if Miss Cornelia had succeeded.
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From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t tell Lizzie,” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s the only thing she does like a siren, but she does it superbly!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Doctor smiled; Dale sat down again, her expression altering from one of anxiety to one of amusement.
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From this reading “She’d yell like a siren.
