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slipped

/slɪpt/ adjective B1
  1. With part of the stalk displayed.
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“I’m pretty hungry this morning,” she announced as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 41 · C1
He opened the outer door, and then as a dark figure slipped past him he closed and fastened it.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
With the shock, his broad-brimmed hat flew from his head, his cravat slipped down from his lips, and there were the long light beard and the soft, handsome delicate features of Colonel Valentine Walter.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
He slipped into this room because it was the first he came to, and he hid behind the curtain.
The Valley of Fear, p. 42 · C1

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