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Chapter VIII
"Not this morning, please," she said. She felt herself turning pale. She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda. She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded. Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.”
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading “Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She felt herself turning pale.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Not this morning, please," she said.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.”
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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 She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
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From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
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From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading She felt herself turning pale.
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From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She felt herself turning pale.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
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From this reading She felt herself turning pale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
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From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Not this morning, please," she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She felt she must have one happy day before she began to meet Brenda.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt herself turning pale.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
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From this reading Brenda was so much cleverer than she was, so gay, so determined, so strange in many ways.
at the time that
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had a curious feeling that when that event took place, her peace, and delight in her present surroundings would somehow be clouded.
