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Chapter XXVIII
“Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father. “You are angels, both of you.” “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm. “She is more merciless than my husband. Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!””
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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 Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
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From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
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From this reading “You are angels, both of you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are angels, both of you.”
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From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
the two together, not just one
From this reading “You are angels, both of you.”
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From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
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From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
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From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
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From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
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From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
not any; not one
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You are angels, both of you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “She is more merciless than my husband.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “No. Let me alone,” cried the Countess shaking off the hand that her father had laid on her arm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Children, children, kiss each other!” cried the father.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Any one might think she was a model of all the virtues herself!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are angels, both of you.”
