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Chapter XIII
CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world. In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white. He dragged a footstool up to her side. "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared. "Give me your hands to hold.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “"Give me your hands to hold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.”
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading “In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.”
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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 He dragged a footstool up to her side.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading He dragged a footstool up to her side.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
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From this reading He dragged a footstool up to her side.
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From this reading "Give me your hands to hold.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "Give me your hands to hold.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading "Give me your hands to hold.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me your hands to hold.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading He dragged a footstool up to her side.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He dragged a footstool up to her side.
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
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From this reading He dragged a footstool up to her side.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading In the twilight of the April evening her face gleamed almost marble white.
in the company of; together with
From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
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From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
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From this reading CASTLES IN SPAIN Ruth welcomed him with her usual smile--once he had thought it the most beautiful thing in the world.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Little woman, you are looking pale," he declared.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Give me your hands to hold.
