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Chapter X
Jealousy. At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land. Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key. She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost. But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.”
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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 She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
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From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
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From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.
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From this reading Jealousy.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
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From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
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From this reading Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Anne Mie let herself into the house with her own latch-key.
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From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But on the landing above she met Paul Déroulède.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She closed the heavy door noiselessly, then glided upstairs like a quaint little ghost.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At the door of her home Blakeney parted from Anne Mie, with all the courtesy with which he would have bade adieu to the greatest lady in his own land.
