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Chapter XVI
Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing. "There," she cried, "now I feel better. That had to come out. Come over here and sit by me. Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That had to come out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"There," she cried, "now I feel better.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come over here and sit by me.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Come over here and sit by me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Come over here and sit by me.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That had to come out.
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That had to come out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come over here and sit by me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come over here and sit by me.
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From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
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From this reading That had to come out.
above and across; more than
From this reading Come over here and sit by me.
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading Come over here and sit by me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That had to come out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
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From this reading "There," she cried, "now I feel better.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That had to come out.
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From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then suddenly she tossed the castanets far across the room and dropped upon the couch, panting and laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, maybe you'll admit that I can dance too."
