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Chapter II
The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt. "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome. He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution. Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though. Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.”
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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 He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
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From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
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From this reading Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
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From this reading Her things look right enough, but somehow they don't say much.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.
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From this reading He says she's got a tip-top voice and plenty of execution.
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From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Colonel was warming to his subject, and the Signora, as he liked to call her, did not interrupt.
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From this reading Sketches, too,--not particularly well, though.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "She has been studying with Firenzo in Rome.
