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Chapter I
Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak. She was sixteen. It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite. A cock was crowing under her lattice. He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “A cock was crowing under her lattice.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.”
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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 It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
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From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
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From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
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From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
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From this reading A cock was crowing under her lattice.
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From this reading A cock was crowing under her lattice.
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From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A cock was crowing under her lattice.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
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From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
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From this reading A cock was crowing under her lattice.
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From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
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From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
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From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
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From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was sixteen.
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From this reading She was sixteen.
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From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
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From this reading Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A cock was crowing under her lattice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was sixteen.
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From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that--sixteen--a woman quite.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He said how old you are!--how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
