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Chapter VI
“She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!” This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later. “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes. I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin. That poor Célestine!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading “This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That poor Célestine!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!””
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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 “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
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From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
two people or things considered together
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
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From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
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From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
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From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
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From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
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From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That poor Célestine!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told her that, as a general thing, cooks are not shod with satin.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This communication was made me by Madame Beaurepas a couple of days later.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “And she has asked for a new _tapis de lit_, and she has requested me to provide Célestine with a pair of light shoes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “She has demanded a new lamp; I told you she would!”
