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Chapter XVI
Detected. The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams. Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room. Déroulède had sprung to his feet. In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.”
extremely frightened
From this reading “Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.”
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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 In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading Déroulède had sprung to his feet.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading Déroulède had sprung to his feet.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Déroulède had sprung to his feet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
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From this reading Déroulède had sprung to his feet.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
extremely frightened
From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The opening and shutting of the door roused them both from their dreams.
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From this reading In a moment he had thrust his own happiness into the background at sight of the poor child's obvious suffering.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Déroulède had sprung to his feet.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
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From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Anne Mie, pale, trembling, with eyes looking wild and terrified, had glided into the room.
