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Chapter I
Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc. Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet. Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive. (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think. I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.”
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
for the reason that
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
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From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
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From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
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From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
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From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
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From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
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From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
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From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
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From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (They've had me there, as they've always had me everywhere.) How they managed it I can't think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
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From this reading Author of the _Three Sisters_, etc.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not--if I'm to be decent--for another generation, because, thank Heaven, they're still alive.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don't mean merely at the end, though that was stupendous, but how they ever managed it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Of course this story can't be published as it stands just yet.
