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Chapter VIII
“Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid. “And he knows that you are here.” Lucien sprang up at once. Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury. Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lucien sprang up at once.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.”
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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 Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
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From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Here comes Camusot!” cried the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucien sprang up at once.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Innate generosity suggested that he was doing Coralie an injury.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bérénice drew aside a curtain, and he fled into a dainty dressing-room, whither Coralie and the maid brought his clothes with magical speed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And he knows that you are here.”
