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Chapter XXXVI
AGAIN THE GOBLET. The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet. “It must be somewhere!” she said. “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!” “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AGAIN THE GOBLET.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““It must be somewhere!” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!””
but in spite of that
From this reading “The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.”
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From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AGAIN THE GOBLET.
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
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From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
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From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
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From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
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From this reading AGAIN THE GOBLET.
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From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
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From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
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From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
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From this reading “It must be somewhere!” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AGAIN THE GOBLET.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
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From this reading “If we do find it,” returned Dawtie, “folk'll say them 'at could hide could weel seek!
in the company of; together with
From this reading “We are beset with an absolute contradiction: the thing can't be in the house! and it must be in the house!”
but in spite of that
From this reading The next day Alexa set Dawtie to search the house yet again for the missing goblet.
