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Chapter III
She took her seat. No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away. The place was sunny and deserted. There came, as it were, a veil over it. She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading “The place was sunny and deserted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “There came, as it were, a veil over it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took her seat.”
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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 No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The place was sunny and deserted.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading The place was sunny and deserted.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She took her seat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
not any; not one
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
above and across; more than
From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
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From this reading The place was sunny and deserted.
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From this reading She took her seat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took her seat.
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From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading The place was sunny and deserted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
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From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
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From this reading No one came in or out of the house door a stone's throw away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took her seat.
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From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The place was sunny and deserted.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There came, as it were, a veil over it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She shut her eyes the better to look at child life here with father and mother and Will and Edgar.
