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Chapter XXIII
VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms. She yawned, then sat up abruptly. Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap. She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite. She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.”
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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 was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
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From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
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From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
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From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked round the room lazily, then relapsed on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
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From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
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From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sudermann's _Katzensteg_ fell to the ground off her lap.
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From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VICTORIA turned uneasily on the sofa and stretched her arms.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in a tiny back room, so overcrowded by the sofa and easy-chair that she could almost touch a small rosewood bureau opposite.
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From this reading She yawned, then sat up abruptly.
