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"Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded. "Two hours a day, morning and evening. Feel." She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile. But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Two hours a day, morning and evening.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.”
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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 "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
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From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
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From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading Feel."
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading "Two hours a day, morning and evening.
up to a particular time
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But his heavily fringed eyes were on her face, and he kept his hold until she shook it off.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She held out her arm to him, and he felt its small, rounded muscle, with a smile.
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From this reading "Working in the gymnasium?" he demanded.
