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a pleasant place with plane trees and well-behaved pigeons,
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girls should be taught as thoroughly and as carefully as boys.
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the most expensive part of London, in the area directly east of Hyde Park... has many large and well-known hotels, and it was once a very, fashionable place to live, but many of the houses have now been made into offices. start learning
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they put up a brass plate saying: THE MAYFAIR ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES
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to think that someone or something is very important or valuable start learning
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For while the sisters prized proper learning, they also prized good manners,
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the activity or art of sewing, or things made by sewing Pol. robótka ręczna, robótki ręczne start learning
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the girls learnt both algebra and needlework.
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lengths of hair that have been twisted together into a plait start learning
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Don't chew the end of your pigtail,'
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a length of something, usually hair, that has been plaited start learning
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this particular girl had a right to chew the curved ends of her single heavy plait of hair.
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someone who is legally responsible for looking after someone else's child, especially after the child's parents have died start learning
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Mr Murray was Maia's guardian
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to remove the thing that is covering or hiding something else is to _____it _____ start learning
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Her ears, laid bare by the heavy rope of black hair,
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Pol. empty, not covered by anything start learning
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Her ears, laid bare by the heavy rope of black hair,
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if leaves, papers, clothes etc ____, or if you ____ them, they make a noise as they rub against each other start learning
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Mr Murray was in a leather chair by a table, rustling papers.
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if you ____ a large number of people or things, or if they ____, they are gathered together in one place, often for a particular purpose start learning
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Maia looked round at the assembled faces.
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woman's breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts start learning
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an amazing bust which would have done splendidly on the prow of a sailing ship
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the front part of a ship or boat start learning
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an amazing bust which would have done splendidly on the prow of a sailing ship
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to cry, especially because you feel very sad start learning
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wept, wept Maia wept night after night under her pillow,
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chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life start learning
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If good fortune was to come her way, there was no one who deserved it more.
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it turns out that the Carters have twin daughters about your age
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to lightly touch sb or sth several times with your hand flat, especially to give comfort start learning
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Mr Murray patted a large folder on his knee
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very serious and not happy, for example because something bad has happened or because you are at an important occasion start learning
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Mr Murray looked solemn and cleared his throat.
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to give someone the things they need to live, such as money, food etc start learning
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As you know, your father left you well-provided for.'
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She was thinking of the Amazon. Of rivers full of leeches,
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despite what has just been said: start learning
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All the same, there were times when they were very bored.
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