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Chapter II
“We returned home. “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends. “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound. She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty. She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““We returned home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.”
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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 “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
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From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
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From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
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From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “We returned home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
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From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
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From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
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From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
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From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We returned home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The next day, on seeing me, she approached me, cordially holding out her hand; and we at once became firm friends.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We returned home.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
which person or people
From this reading “She was a good creature who had a kind of soul on springs, which became enthusiastic at a bound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lacked equilibrium like all women who are spinsters at the age of fifty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She seemed to be preserved in a pickle of innocence, but her heart still retained something very youthful and inflammable.
