Chapter XII
“Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled. Her companion invitingly laughed. “But it’s enough?” Her roll confessingly fixed itself. “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
The Two Magics
Chapter XII
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“Yes,
but----”
Cora’s
eyes
rolled.
Her
companion
invitingly
laughed.
“But
it’s
enough?”
Her
roll
confessingly
fixed
itself.
“_Not_
enough--that’s
just
the
trouble!”
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Line 1
“Yes,
but----”
Cora’s
eyes
rolled.
Line 2
Her
companion
invitingly
laughed.
Line 3
“But
it’s
enough?”
Line 4
Her
roll
confessingly
fixed
itself.
Line 5
“_Not_
enough--that’s
just
the
trouble!”
Learner Dictionary
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Itself
pronoun
US /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Her roll confessingly fixed itself.”
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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companion
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confessingly
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Cora's
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enough
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eyes
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fixed
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HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
invitingly
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it's
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itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her roll confessingly fixed itself.
just
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laughed
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From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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roll
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rolled
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that's
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From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
trouble
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Yes
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From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.