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Chapter X
DRAWING TOGETHER. JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better. Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?” “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs. I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
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any thing at all
From this reading “I don’t suppose it is anything serious.””
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading “JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I don’t suppose it is anything serious.””
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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 Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
any thing at all
From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
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From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?”
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From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
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From this reading DRAWING TOGETHER.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
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From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?”
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From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
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From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
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From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
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From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
not any; not one
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
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From this reading Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I don’t suppose it is anything serious.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
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From this reading DRAWING TOGETHER.
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From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
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From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Oughtn’t we to have a doctor?”
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From this reading JACK stole presently to my side and whispered in distress,—“Mother, she’s no better.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “We will try home remedies first,” I said, “as soon as Maimie will go upstairs.
