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Chapter XIII
There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose. "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night. I have two friends coming to dine." Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile. She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have two friends coming to dine."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.”
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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 want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
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From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading I have two friends coming to dine."
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
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From this reading I have two friends coming to dine."
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From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
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From this reading I have two friends coming to dine."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have two friends coming to dine."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
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From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
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From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
not any; not one
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
not one, and not any
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
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From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
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From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
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From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have two friends coming to dine."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She often did this for Eve's benefit, almost unconsciously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is so much that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Eve looked up from the book she was reading, and Mrs. Harrington tempered her curt manner of expressing her wishes with a rare smile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I want you to put on a nice dress to-night.
