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All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house. In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him. Anything was better than uncertainty. The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house. Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Anything was better than uncertainty.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.”
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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 Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
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From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
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From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
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From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
any thing at all
From this reading Anything was better than uncertainty.
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From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house.
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From this reading Anything was better than uncertainty.
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From this reading The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
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From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
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From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
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From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
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From this reading The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
not one, and not any
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seeing Loseis at the door, he rose quickly, showing a smooth, composed face, but with eyes as hard as agate.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Anything was better than uncertainty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trader was at breakfast in the kitchen of the men’s house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All night long Loseis and her girls listened in trepidation, but none approached their house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anything was better than uncertainty.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anything was better than uncertainty.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the morning, Loseis, disdaining to remain under cover any longer, sallied out of the house to find Gault, and have it out with him.
