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SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT. When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room. There she stopped and knocked. Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking. It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There she stopped and knocked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.”
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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 SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
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From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
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From this reading There she stopped and knocked.
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From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
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From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
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From this reading SOPHIE AND CORNELIA ENTER INTO A COVENANT.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There she stopped and knocked.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading There she stopped and knocked.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
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From this reading It never entered any one's head to burst in unannounced.
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From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
at the time that
From this reading When Cornelia left her father on the balcony, she danced up-stairs, and chasseed on tiptoe up to the door of Sophie's room.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Somehow or other, nobody ever went into that room without knocking.
