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Chapter I
The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow. The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement. There is a door right and a door left. The day is bright; the time morning. [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “[HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a door right and a door left.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The day is bright; the time morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a door right and a door left.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “[HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “[HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The day is bright; the time morning.”
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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 There is a door right and a door left.
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From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
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From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
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From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The day is bright; the time morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The day is bright; the time morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a door right and a door left.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a door right and a door left.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day is bright; the time morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a door right and a door left.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a door right and a door left.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day is bright; the time morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of HER bungalow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
in or at the place that
From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
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From this reading The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all window, both French and casement.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [HERSELF, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms.
