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"A convert to spiritualism?" Wynne returned with youthful indignation. "I'm not likely to fall so low as that. That is one of the things which are too ridiculous." She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Wynne returned with youthful indignation.”
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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 "A convert to spiritualism?"
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From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
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From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
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From this reading "A convert to spiritualism?"
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From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
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From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
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From this reading Wynne returned with youthful indignation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
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From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
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From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
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From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
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From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wynne returned with youthful indignation.
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From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
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From this reading "A convert to spiritualism?"
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From this reading She laughed, with that air of superiority which always nettled him a little.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I'm not likely to fall so low as that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
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From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A convert to spiritualism?"
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From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That is one of the things which are too ridiculous."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Wynne returned with youthful indignation.
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From this reading Wynne returned with youthful indignation.
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From this reading Wynne returned with youthful indignation.
