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Chapter VII
AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night. Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again. Then he was gone. And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph. "Not him!"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.”
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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 Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading Then he was gone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Not him!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not him!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading Then he was gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
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From this reading And Felicity was standing before the other girl, every line of her pulsing triumph.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
at the time that
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
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From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS WILLOWS BUD IN SPRING Cecille was still up, staring out of the window, when Felicity and Perry Blair came in that night.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perry stayed but a moment, only long enough to promise that he would come again.
