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Chapter XXIX
"Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet. "It's out of the question! They've distrained for seventy-five pounds." "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!" She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"It's out of the question!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.”
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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 She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
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From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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From this reading "It's out of the question!
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's out of the question!
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From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading "It's out of the question!
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From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
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From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "It's out of the question!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
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From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
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From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's out of the question!
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From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
