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Chapter VI
His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock. "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him. "Oh, I don't know. But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?" She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, I don't know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"”
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading “His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
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From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
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From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know.
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From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I don't know.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, I don't know.
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
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From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know.
above and across; more than
From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
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From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
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From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
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From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But perhaps two of us ... looks rather like the Third Degree, doesn't it?"
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From this reading She assented nervously: "All I want is to smooth things over..."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His look of relief was unconcealable; but her bright resolution rose above the shock.
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From this reading "You'll do it so much better," she encouraged him.
