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Chapter XVIII
THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT. Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly. She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever. She was dressed in white. The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:”
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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 The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT.
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
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From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was dressed in white.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
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From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT.
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
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From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She looked fresher, more beautiful than ever.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PEASANTS' DEFEAT.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
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From this reading Mademoiselle Plouernel entered the apartment walking slowly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was dressed in white.
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From this reading She was dressed in white.
which person or people
From this reading The old equerry bowed respectfully and said to her, who upon seeing him, uttered a cry of surprise:
