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Chapter XXXIX
THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS. It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked. With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation: "Oh! have you got my purse? Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Oh! have you got my purse?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"”
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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 With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS.
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS.
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From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
not one and not the other of two
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
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From this reading Is Lovedy's Russia-leather purse quite, quite safe?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STORY AND ITS LISTENERS.
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was neither at the fainting mother nor at Joe that Cecile now looked.
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From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
in the company of; together with
From this reading With eyes opening wide with astonishment and hope, she ran forward, caught Miss Smith's two hands in her own, and exclaimed in a voice rendered unsteady with agitation:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh! have you got my purse?
