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Chapter XVIII
At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well. Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.”
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading “She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.”
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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 dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
next to; at the side of
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
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From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
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From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
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From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Père Merlier opened the door of Francoise’s chamber.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
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From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm.
