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DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary. He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises. Lady Iniscrone was with him. She was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face. Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her eyes were little and pale and cold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.”
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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 was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
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From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
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From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading She was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face.
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From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading She was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lady Iniscrone was with him.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
not any; not one
From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
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From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
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From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
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From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face.
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From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
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From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DISPOSSESSED Lady Anne's nephew and heir, Lord Iniscrone, showed no friendly face to Mary.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He came as soon as possible, and took possession of the premises.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lady Iniscrone was with him.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were little and pale and cold.
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From this reading She was a lady with a wide, flat, doughy face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lady Iniscrone was with him.
