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Chapter XIX
Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded: “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this? Answer! I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances. What did you tell her?”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:”
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading “Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What did you tell her?””
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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 “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading Answer!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
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From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
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From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
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From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am in this house to protect her against all such disturbances.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What did you tell her?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
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From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Determined to know the cause of Mrs. Packard’s anguish, if not of Nixon’s unprovoked anger against myself, I caught him back as he was passing me and peremptorily demanded:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What message did you carry to Mrs. Packard to throw her into such a state as this?
