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Chapter XV
ST. MICHAEL DOES BATTLE. The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort. Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit. The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.”
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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 The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading MICHAEL DOES BATTLE.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MICHAEL DOES BATTLE.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading MICHAEL DOES BATTLE.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
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From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
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From this reading The silver-haired wife, gazing up at him, felt proud of him as of old, and was for once quite at her ease.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Trevennack, always dignified and always a grand seigneur, rose to the occasion with his happiest spirit.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The wedding breakfast went off pleasantly, without a hitch of any sort.
