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Chapter XII
Would Felipe help him? Ay, there was Felipe! That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora? Oh, that terrible Senora! What would become of them?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would Felipe help him?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Oh, that terrible Senora!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would Felipe help him?”
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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 That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!
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From this reading What would become of them?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading Would Felipe help him?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would Felipe help him?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would Felipe help him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading Oh, that terrible Senora!
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Oh, that terrible Senora!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What would become of them?
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From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ay, there was Felipe!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would become of them?
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From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
in the company of; together with
From this reading That Felipe was his friend, Alessandro knew with a knowledge as sure as the wild partridge's instinct for the shelter of her brood; but could Felipe move the Senora?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would Felipe help him?
