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Chapter III
_To the North Pole_ "You stand back! You do not touch me!" The Venus girl fairly hissed the words. Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders. She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_To the North Pole_ "You stand back!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.”
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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 Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You do not touch me!"
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
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From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
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From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You do not touch me!"
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From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You do not touch me!"
above and across; more than
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
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From this reading You do not touch me!"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
