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Chapter XIII
Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more. “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!” And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her. “But why do you stay here?” Both the women remained, however.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But why do you stay here?””
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Both the women remained, however.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Both the women remained, however.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both the women remained, however.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
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From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
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From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Both the women remained, however.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
not any; not one
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Both the women remained, however.
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
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From this reading “Oh, don’t! oh, don’t! it is too horrible!”
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From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
at the time that
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gilberte, when she saw Bouroche approach the victim with the glittering steel, could endure no more.
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From this reading Both the women remained, however.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And she would have fallen had it not been that Mme. Delaherche put forth her arm to sustain her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But why do you stay here?”
