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Chapter XVIII
A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial. Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud. Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily. She looked at him with raised eyebrows. "Heavens!" she exclaimed.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked at him with raised eyebrows.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.”
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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 A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading "Heavens!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
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From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading "Heavens!" she exclaimed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
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From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
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From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her skirts rustled aggressively, her voice was just one degree too loud.
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From this reading Mannering rose to his feet a little wearily.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A PAGE FROM THE PAST She swept into the room, humming a light opera tune, bringing with her the usual flood of perfumes, suggestion of cosmetics, a vivid apparition of the artificial.
