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Chapter XXIII
THE RESPONSE. MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour. Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand. “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said. “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading ““I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.”
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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 Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
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From this reading “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
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From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
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From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
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From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
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From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RESPONSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
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From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
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From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESPONSE.
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From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Please read this, Aunt Marion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then she came to me, carrying a scrawled pencil-copy, which she placed in my hand.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAIMIE wrote and posted her letter within half-an-hour.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thought it best not to show you the real letter before I sent it off,” she said.
