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Chapter IV
“Send her to Mr. Mitchett?” Mrs. Brookenham unresentfully quavered. Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice. “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?” The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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A willingness to take bold risks; insolent and daring boldness that defies all authority.
From this reading “The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.”
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From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
A willingness to take bold risks; insolent and daring boldness that defies all authority.
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Mrs. Brookenham unresentfully quavered.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
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From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
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From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
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From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Send her to Mr. Mitchett?”
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From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading “Send her to Mr. Mitchett?”
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From this reading “Send her to Mr. Mitchett?”
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From this reading Mrs. Brookenham unresentfully quavered.
not any; not one
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Mrs. Brookenham unresentfully quavered.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading “Send her to Mr. Mitchett?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Send her to Mr. Mitchett?”
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From this reading Mrs. Brookenham unresentfully quavered.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
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From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her colour, during her visitor’s address had distinctly risen, but there was no irritation in her voice.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed by the absence from her face of everything but the plaintive.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you know, Jane, that I don’t want her downstairs?”
