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Chapter VII
We all went inside. On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman. Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me. "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We all went inside.”
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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 On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading We all went inside.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
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From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
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From this reading We all went inside.
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From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
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From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
above and across; more than
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face was turned away from me, but the hair and the line of the figure and the-- #Catherine!# She turned and sat up at once, alive and shocked awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all went inside.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We all went inside.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with swift knuckles and then looked over her hands at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On a divan in the living room, covered by a light blanket, resting in a very light snooze, was a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Steve!" she cried, and all the world and the soul of her was in the throb of her voice.
