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Chapter XXIV
MARY OSBORNE. All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved. Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting. She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood. Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.”
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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 Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading MARY OSBORNE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading MARY OSBORNE.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
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From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
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From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
except for; apart from
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
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From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
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From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Save as the sister of my friend I had not, I repeat, found her interesting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All this time the acquaintance between Mary Osborne and myself had not improved.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
at the time that
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Hardly once did she address me; and, when I spoke to her, would reply with a simple, dull directness which indicated nothing beyond the fact of the passing occasion.
