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Chapter VI
CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another. André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight. What would she do? What would she be to him? What would become of her and of him?
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
involved with or connected to
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What would she do?”
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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 André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What would she be to him?
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From this reading What would become of her and of him?
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What would she do?
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What would she be to him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
involved with or connected to
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
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From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What would she do?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
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From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would she do?
in the company of; together with
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would she do?
