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Chapter XVI
Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself. They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them. “It‘s only because I’m tired. It’s that—it’s that!” Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.””
for the reason that
From this reading ““It‘s only because I’m tired.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.””
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.””
something that needs very little effort
From this reading “Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.””
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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 Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
for the reason that
From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
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From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
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From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
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From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
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From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
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From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
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From this reading It’s that—it’s that!”
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From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
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From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
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From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
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From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s that—it’s that!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
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From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had come and gone in half a minute, and she immediately explained them.
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From this reading “It‘s only because I’m tired.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her tears helped her really to dissimulate, for she had instantly, in so public a situation, to recover herself.
something that needs very little effort
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then she added a trifle incoherently: “I shall never see you again.”
