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Chapter XXIX
“Yes, little Daphne.” She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her. “Why did you treat me like you did?” she said. “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.” And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.”
any thing at all
From this reading ““It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.””
for the reason that
From this reading ““It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, little Daphne.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.”
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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’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
from one side of something to the other
From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
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From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
any thing at all
From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
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for the reason that
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From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
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From this reading “Yes, little Daphne.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
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From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
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From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
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From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
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From this reading “Why did you treat me like you did?” she said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, little Daphne.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why did you treat me like you did?” she said.
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From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
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From this reading “It’s such a pity, because now I can’t feel anything at all.”
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From this reading “Why did you treat me like you did?” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
of the kind already mentioned
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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From this reading She looked at him, and another tiny sigh escaped her.
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From this reading “Why did you treat me like you did?” she said.
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From this reading And turning, she suddenly passed the back of her hand across her eyes.
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the person or people being spoken to
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