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Chapter V
All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed. She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied! This was her penance. Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her. Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.”
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
next to; at the side of
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
not any; not one
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading This was her penance.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
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From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was her penance.
up to a particular time
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
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From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was her penance.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
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From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
