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Chapter VI
“Where are we, father?” Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his. “In Elfland, darling. It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.” “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!””
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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 “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Where are we, father?”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading “In Elfland, darling.
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From this reading “In Elfland, darling.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.”
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From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading “Where are we, father?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In Elfland, darling.
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From this reading It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.”
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From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
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From this reading It's one of the provinces of Fairyland.”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
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From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Where are we, father?”
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From this reading “But I thought Elfland was ever so far from Outland: and we've come such a tiny little way!”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where are we, father?”
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From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sylvie whispered, with her arms twined closely around the old man's neck, and with her rosy cheek lovingly pressed to his.
