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Chapter III
"Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous? Je suis l'amante, dit-elle. Cueillez la branche de houx." Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head. She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.”
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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 Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
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From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
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From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
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From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
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From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading Cueillez la branche de houx."
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From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading Cueillez la branche de houx."
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From this reading Cueillez la branche de houx."
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From this reading Je suis l'amante, dit-elle.
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From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
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From this reading Cueillez la branche de houx."
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From this reading Je suis l'amante, dit-elle.
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From this reading Je suis l'amante, dit-elle.
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From this reading Cueillez la branche de houx."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
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From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Je suis l'amante, dit-elle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous etes bien pale, ma belle, Comment vous appelez-vous?
at the time that
From this reading Annette stirred at last when a shaft of sunlight fell upon her head.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sat up stiffly, and stared round the unfamiliar chamber, with the low sun slanting across the floor and creeping up the bottom of the door.
