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Chapter XIV
TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE. At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her. "The very person wanted," cried Jean. "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse." "My horse?" questioned the lady in bad French.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The very person wanted," cried Jean.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.”
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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 At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading "My horse?" questioned the lady in bad French.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The very person wanted," cried Jean.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading "My horse?" questioned the lady in bad French.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading "The very person wanted," cried Jean.
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My horse?" questioned the lady in bad French.
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading "The very person wanted," cried Jean.
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From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
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From this reading "My horse?" questioned the lady in bad French.
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From this reading TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE.
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From this reading TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading "The very person wanted," cried Jean.
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From this reading "The very person wanted," cried Jean.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
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From this reading At this period a window in the cottage opened and a lovely woman's face appeared, above the Arabian courser, the uproar having aroused her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Fair lady, I offer you five hundred pistoles for your horse."
