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Chapter XXII
“Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea. “My own horse! She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!” But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her. The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
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any thing at all
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!””
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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 She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
any thing at all
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
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From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
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From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
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From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
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From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
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From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
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From this reading “My own horse!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My own horse!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My own horse!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
