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Chapter XXVIII
CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me. Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me. In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back. "Felicia!" I exclaimed.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
in the direction of
From this reading “Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.”
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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 CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
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From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
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From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
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From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
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From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
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From this reading I exclaimed.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHECK In my rooms a surprise awaited me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
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From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
in the direction of
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Felicia was there, walking nervously up and down my little sitting-room She stopped short as I entered and came swiftly towards me.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In the joy of seeing her so unexpectedly I would have taken her into my arms, but she shrank back.
