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Chapter VII
"Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded. Don't be sentimental." So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley. "Reine, you try one's patience. People would say you were not quite disinterested."
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “People would say you were not quite disinterested."”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “"Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “People would say you were not quite disinterested."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't be sentimental."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
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From this reading Don't be sentimental."
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
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From this reading "Reine, you try one's patience.
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From this reading "Reine, you try one's patience.
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From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
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From this reading "Reine, you try one's patience.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
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From this reading Don't be sentimental."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
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From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So said Mrs. Gasgoyne to Lady Dargan, as they saw Gaston coming down the ballroom with Captain Maudsley.
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From this reading "Reine, you try one's patience.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
at the time that
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading People would say you were not quite disinterested."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sophie, when you talk with the man, remember that you are near fifty, and faded.
