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Chapter III
Enter LADY K. LADY K.--What was that noise, pray? JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady. I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing. I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.”
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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 JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
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From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
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From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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From this reading Enter LADY K.
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From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
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From this reading Enter LADY K.
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From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
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From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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From this reading LADY K.--What was that noise, pray?
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From this reading I was learning him his lesson, my lady, and he was a-crying it out.
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From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
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From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
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From this reading LADY K.--What was that noise, pray?
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From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LADY K.--What was that noise, pray?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was instructing him to keep his hands from picking and stealing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LADY K.--What was that noise, pray?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading LADY K.--What was that noise, pray?
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From this reading JOHN.--A difference between me and young Page, my lady.
