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Chapter VII
"_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..." He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room. He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!" But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight. "Why the ..."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “"_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."”
sweat produced by the body
From this reading “He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"”
up to a particular time
From this reading “But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.”
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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 "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
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From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
sweat produced by the body
From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
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From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
up to a particular time
From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ogled again with infinitesimal eyes and went out of the room.
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From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
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From this reading "Why the ..."
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
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From this reading But if he had any such wish he mastered it until the door hid him from sight.
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From this reading He had the air of wishing to wipe the perspiration from his brows and to exclaim, "_Quelle femme_!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "_C'est entendu_," he said with a heavy sigh, drops of moisture spattering from beneath his white moustache, "_mais_ ..."
