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Chapter XXIII
THE KEEVE. “Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!” I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.” “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie. “O, yes, you can, quite well.
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later than; following
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““O, yes, you can, quite well.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““O, yes, you can, quite well.”
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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 said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
later than; following
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
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From this reading “Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading THE KEEVE.
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From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “O, yes, you can, quite well.
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From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
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From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “O, yes, you can, quite well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE KEEVE.
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From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “But we can’t leave Connie, papa,” objected Wynnie.
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From this reading “O, yes, you can, quite well.
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From this reading “Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!”
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From this reading “O, yes, you can, quite well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I said, after prayers the next morning, “you must come out for a walk as soon as ever you can get your bonnets on.”
