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Chapter II
Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him. The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood. Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee. The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship. She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.”
great delight or happiness
From this reading “Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.”
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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 Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship.
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From this reading The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
great delight or happiness
From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The beautiful boy pleased her ladyship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
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From this reading She reached out her roseleaf hands to greet him.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading Mikky’s smile flashed upon her and forthwith she answered with a joyous laugh of glee.
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From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
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From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The baby, in her nurse’s arms, gazed down upon her rescuer with the unprejudiced eyes of childhood.
at the time that
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Heaven opened for Mikky on the day when Morton, with the doctor’s permission, brought Baby Starr to see him.
