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Chapter XXIX
CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION. "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all." "You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily. "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in." "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “"You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."”
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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 "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
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From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
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From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
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From this reading CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
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From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You know all, I think," said Cynthia, heavily.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been thinking a great deal," said Molly, timidly and doubtfully.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Perhaps you don't know what excuses I have, but at any rate you know what a scrape I am in."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You said I might come," said Molly, "and that you would tell me all."
