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Chapter XVII
Then his long hand went out in weird gestures. “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo. Yes.... A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden. Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.”
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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 “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading Dozens of square miles of garden—trees—fountains—arbours—lakes.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then his long hand went out in weird gestures.
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From this reading “I seem to see—I seem to see—a sort of City of Women, Ponderevo.
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From this reading A walled enclosure—good stone-mason’s work—a city wall, high as the walls of Rome, going about a garden.
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From this reading Yes....
