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Chapter XXXIX
BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged! Her first eager glance into his face told her that. Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever. She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand. "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her first eager glance into his face told her that.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her first eager glance into his face told her that.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.”
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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 "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged!
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
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From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged!
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From this reading "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading She set her teeth as she rose from her seat, and gathered her skirts in her hand.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first eager glance into his face told her that.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
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From this reading BROOKS HEARS THE NEWS Unchanged!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
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From this reading Waxen white, his lips smiled their courteous greeting upon her, his tone was measured and cold as ever.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You, too, a pilgrim?" she exclaimed.
