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Chapter XI
THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN. THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital. Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave. And there the matter ended. The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading “The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.”
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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 THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And there the matter ended.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
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From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading And there the matter ended.
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From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
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From this reading THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
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From this reading THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
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From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
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From this reading And there the matter ended.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
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From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DISAGREEABLE MAN MAKES A LOAN.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading And there the matter ended.
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From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
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From this reading The Kurhaus guests recovered from their depression: the German Baroness returned to her buoyant vulgarity, the little danseuse to her busy flirtations.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE Dutchman was buried in the little cemetery which faced the hospital.
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From this reading Marie's tin wreath was placed on the grave.
