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Chapter XI
PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with. “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library. Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?” “I don’t know,” Loft returned. “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t know,” Loft returned.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t know,” Loft returned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ““In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.”
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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 PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
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From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
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From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
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From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading “I don’t know,” Loft returned.
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From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
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From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
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From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
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From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t know,” Loft returned.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know,” Loft returned.
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From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know,” Loft returned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Pauly’s gone away,” he said briefly, as Baldwin entered the library.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
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From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
in or at the place that
From this reading Angel gave him a quick glance, but said, merely, “Where to?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading PAULINE’S FLIGHT LOFT had sent for Angel, feeling that he wanted a friend to confer with.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “In fact, Angel, she went without my knowing it.
