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Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before . Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .”
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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 Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before .
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
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From this reading Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait--and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors
