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Chapter VIII
He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance. “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you. You’ve haunted me! I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert. And they were going to send me back.
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The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading “He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.”
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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 He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
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From this reading And they were going to send me back.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
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From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
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From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And they were going to send me back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ve haunted me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
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From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You’ve haunted me!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
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From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
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From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And they were going to send me back.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He stopped in the center of the room and looked at Overton in a kind of mad defiance.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And they were going to send me back.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And they were going to send me back.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I can still hear the crunch of the snow under my feet, I can see that frozen desert.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And they were going to send me back.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I tell you, I haven’t slept, not through a night, since I left you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ve haunted me!
