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Chapter VI
She checked herself suddenly. Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration. Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg. “Sonya, what is that? Just for ornament?
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She checked herself suddenly.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She checked herself suddenly.”
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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 Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
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From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
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From this reading She checked herself suddenly.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Just for ornament?
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From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She checked herself suddenly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Sonya, what is that?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
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From this reading Just for ornament?
above and across; more than
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She checked herself suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sonya, what is that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She checked herself suddenly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Sonya, what is that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dolores moved over on the low couch; her hand plucked at the hem of Sonya’s smock as it lay just above her knees and touched the smooth white metal band that encircled her leg.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Alice was regarding her with a blue-eyed gaze of quite obvious admiration.
