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Chapter XXXI
"Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man. "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities. Poetry! Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids. She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.”
shining brightly
From this reading “She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.”
during the time that
From this reading “Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.”
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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 "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading "Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
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From this reading "Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
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From this reading "Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading "Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man.
shining brightly
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Poetry!" exclaimed the learned man.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
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From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
during the time that
From this reading Well, I saw her once for a very short moment, while sleep weighed down my eyelids.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She flashed upon me from the balcony like the radiant aurora borealis, surrounded with flowers like flames of fire.
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From this reading "Yes, she lives as a hermit in great cities.
