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Chapter XVI
IN A TRAP. All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears. She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words. She knew that there was no hope of escape for her. All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.”
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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 IN A TRAP.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
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From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
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From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
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From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN A TRAP.
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From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
not any; not one
From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading IN A TRAP.
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She knew that there was no hope of escape for her.
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From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All Gilbert Warrington’s speeches were apparently wasted upon Violet’s ears.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All alone with him in the forest at that hour, how could she hope to get away from him?
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From this reading She stood leaning against the trunk of the tree listening in stolid silence to his words.
