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Chapter XXXIV
ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival. I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother. Then I closed the door and left them alone. I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself. It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I closed the door and left them alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I closed the door and left them alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.”
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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 I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
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From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
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From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
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From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
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From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
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From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
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From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
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From this reading Then I closed the door and left them alone.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I saw him rise and bow stiffly to my stepmother.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
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From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANGELA'S CONFESSION The Duke was in his study awaiting our arrival.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I wandered through the house, a little at a loss to know what to do with myself.
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From this reading It was too soon to go to Ray, and the work on which I was engaged was all in the study.
