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Chapter XII
“You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner. “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer. “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever? You are as gay as a lark. Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps you have seen some one again?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Perhaps you have seen some one again?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps you have seen some one again?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.”
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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 “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
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From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are as gay as a lark.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You are as gay as a lark.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are as gay as a lark.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are as gay as a lark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps you have seen some one again?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Didn’t I tell you she put it all on to annoy us?” she cried, addressing her brother, and not waiting for Pierrette’s answer.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “On the contrary, cousin, I have a sort of fever--” “Fever! what fever?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You don’t appear to be ill now, mademoiselle,” said Sylvie at dinner.
