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Chapter XXXI
Well, there's the game. I throw the stakes. Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation. Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much. Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.”
successful and without serious problems
From this reading “Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, there's the game.”
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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 Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Well, there's the game.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I throw the stakes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
successful and without serious problems
From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
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From this reading Hers had been a prosperous life as prosperity is reckoned.
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From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading I throw the stakes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, there's the game.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Well, there's the game.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading I throw the stakes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
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From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lady Cantourne was sitting alone in her drawing-room, and the expression of her usually bright and smiling face betokened considerable perturbation.
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From this reading Well, there's the game.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Truth to tell, there were not many things in life that had power to frighten her ladyship very much.
