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Chapter VIII
"The best mine? Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!" "Yes, you would, if you were me! So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake." She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"The best mine?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."”
during the time that
From this reading “She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Yes, you would, if you were me!”
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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 So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
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From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
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From this reading "The best mine?
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From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
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From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
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From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes, you would, if you were me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "The best mine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
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From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The best mine?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So you might as well tell me a good one or I might make a mistake."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
during the time that
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
in the company of; together with
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She held her head with the air of a princess, while the look of a wood-nymph still dwelt in her shadowy eyes, but words and tone meant "business."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Yes, you would, if you were me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, you would, if you were me!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, I wouldn't touch one of them if I were you!"
