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Chapter V
A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES. I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child. Her purse of money was safe for the present. Her promise lay in abeyance. Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.”
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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 A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
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From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
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From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
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From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
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From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her promise lay in abeyance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her purse of money was safe for the present.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES.
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From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
up to a particular time
From this reading Even her dead step-mother, anxious as she was to have Lovedy found, had counseled Cecile to delay her search until she was older.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have said, for the first two months of Cecile's life in the country she was a happy and light-hearted child.
