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Chapter VII
Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely. She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart. "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said. "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk. At last I might steal aside unmissed....
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At last I might steal aside unmissed....”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “At last I might steal aside unmissed....”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.”
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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 "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading At last I might steal aside unmissed....
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last I might steal aside unmissed....
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading At last I might steal aside unmissed....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
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From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
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From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading At last I might steal aside unmissed....
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I attend the Queen upon her progress," she said.
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From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This day at the Earl's there is a great masque of Dian and her huntresses, satyrs, fauns, all manner of sylvan folk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading At last I might steal aside unmissed....
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
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From this reading Ferne sprang to his feet and started forward, very white, his arm outstretched and trembling, crying to her if she were spirit merely.
but in spite of that
From this reading She shook her head, regarding him gravely, her hand yet upon her heart.
