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Chapter XVIII
A RAY OF HOPE. Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good. “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place! Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!” Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.”
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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 A RAY OF HOPE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
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From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
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From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
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From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
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From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
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From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
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From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
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From this reading A RAY OF HOPE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
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From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
not any; not one
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RAY OF HOPE.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
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From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A RAY OF HOPE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gilbert Warrington bowed, and there was a mocking devil in his crafty eyes as he responded:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
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From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Violet’s eyes wandered coldly to Warrington’s dark, saturnine face, and rested there with a look in their depths that boded him no good.
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From this reading Let me go free, or it will be the worse for you!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Gilbert Warrington,” she cried, in a clear, ringing voice, which was full of scorn and detestation, “I demand that you procure my freedom from this place!
