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Chapter XXVII
Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner. She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke. Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly. Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions. "Gustave!
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.”
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. (Hách dịch, độc đoán, kiêu kỳ.)
From this reading “Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.”
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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 Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading "Gustave!
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From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. (Hách dịch, độc đoán, kiêu kỳ.)
From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
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From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
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From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Near the door the stout proprietress sat intrenched behind the cash-box in a Parisian manner.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Imperious and importunate cries rang at them from all directions.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
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From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
which person or people
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
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From this reading Meanwhile the little handful of waiters ran to and fro wildly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked with practical amiability at her guests, who dined noisily and with great fire, discussing momentous problems furiously, making wide, maniacal gestures through the cigarette smoke.
