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Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand. Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room. To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress. How the thought thrilled her! An actress for an hour.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How the thought thrilled her!”
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From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
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From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
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From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
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belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
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From this reading How the thought thrilled her!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
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From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
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From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
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From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
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From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
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From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
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From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How the thought thrilled her!
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From this reading How the thought thrilled her!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
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From this reading To-night, for one brief hour at least, she was to be an actress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Petite Jeanne’s one big night was at hand.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Already the shadows were growing long in her modest little sitting room.
