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Chapter III
Joan also looked a trifle uneasy. She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again. I got up quietly and pressed her wrist. "See you," I said. She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
something that needs very little effort
From this reading “Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
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From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading "See you," I said.
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From this reading "See you," I said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
something that needs very little effort
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
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From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
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From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
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From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "See you," I said.
