A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering. She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand. Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall. He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet. Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
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the state of having very little money
From this reading “Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.”
moved slowly from side to side
From this reading “She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.”
moving weakly and almost falling
From this reading “A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.”
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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 A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
the state of having very little money
From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
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From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
moved slowly from side to side
From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He closed the door and took a swift glance around the room by the light of a flickering gas jet.
moving weakly and almost falling
From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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From this reading Rudolf caught her and laid her on a faded couch that stood against the wall.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Neat, but extreme poverty was the story that he read.
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From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
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From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She loosed the knob and swayed weakly, groping with one hand.
but in spite of that
From this reading A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.
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