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Chapter XIII
She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne. She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied. Laura never found it easy to deny. So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her. From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Laura never found it easy to deny.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Laura never found it easy to deny.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.”
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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 So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
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From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
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From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
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From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
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From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Laura never found it easy to deny.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
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From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
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From this reading From that hot-bed of sentiment and rich meals the train bore her away one fine spring morning, with a pimple on her tongue, but her duty done.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was to meet the Clouds at Lucerne.
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From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
which person or people
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So she spent a good-natured, chafing week in the Berne household, which, falling in love with her, enthusiastically and inexorably overfed her.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had hoped for Paris, but there was the Swiss-German adorer who would not be denied.
