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Chapter I
Really, mother, I can't sit any more. I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.' So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch. In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours. The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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any thing at all
From this reading “I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.”
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
any thing at all
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
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From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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From this reading Really, mother, I can't sit any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'm that stiff!--and as cold as anything.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
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From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In speaking she looked at her mother, and not at the painter to whom she had been sitting for nearly two hours.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading So said Miss Bella Morrison, as she rose from her seat with an affected yawn and stretch.
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From this reading The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
