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Chapter XXVII
THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived. Janet was on the front steps waiting for her. "Shall we sit out here awhile?" Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself. Rosie hesitated a moment.
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next to; at the side of
From this reading “Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Shall we sit out here awhile?"”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"Shall we sit out here awhile?"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Janet was on the front steps waiting for 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 Rosie hesitated a moment.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
next to; at the side of
From this reading Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
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From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.
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From this reading Rosie hesitated a moment.
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From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading Rosie hesitated a moment.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
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From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
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From this reading Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading Janet said, making place for Rosie beside herself.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
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From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
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From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
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From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
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From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Janet was on the front steps waiting for her.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Shall we sit out here awhile?"
in or at the place that
From this reading THE CASE OF DAVE McFADDEN Promptly at eight o'clock Rosie reached the tenement where the McFaddens lived.
