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Joy answered them. "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended. The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other. Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled. Then they spoke, nearly together.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Joy answered them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.”
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Joy answered them.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading Joy answered them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
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From this reading Then they spoke, nearly together.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading The Morrows smiled and glanced at each other.
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From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading Then they spoke, nearly together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Joy answered them.
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From this reading Then they spoke, nearly together.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
up to a particular time
From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
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From this reading Then they spoke, nearly together.
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From this reading Joy did not know, till some months later, why they smiled.
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From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And I would be able to earn enough money for all those things in the window by Friday?" she ended.
