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Chapter LXXXVII
SATAN. Suddenly the sleeper awoke. She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder. Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun. Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly the sleeper awoke.”
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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 She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading Suddenly the sleeper awoke.
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From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading SATAN.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading Suddenly the sleeper awoke.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly the sleeper awoke.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suddenly the sleeper awoke.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
at the time that
From this reading Perhaps Gwynplaine breathed heavily, as we do when we endeavour to restrain our respiration.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sat up with a sudden and gracious dignity of movement, her fair silken tresses falling in soft disorder.
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From this reading Then stretching herself, she yawned like a tigress in the rising sun.
