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Chapter XIII
“Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought. “Why, Pierrette is getting up! What is she after?” Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds. She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
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later than; following
From this reading “What is she after?””
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.”
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later than; following
From this reading What is she after?”
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, Pierrette is getting up!
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From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Why, Pierrette is getting up!
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From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
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From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, Pierrette is getting up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
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From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, bird of ill-omen!” she thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, Pierrette is getting up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is she after?”
in or at the place that
From this reading She fastened the strings of her bed-gown and went quickly upstairs to Pierrette’s room, where she found the poor girl unwinding the silk and freeing the letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, Pierrette is getting up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hearing the attic window open softly, Sylvie rushed to her own window and heard the rustle of paper against her blinds.
