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Chapter XL
AT HOME. Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious. He saw nothing to make him anxious. The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare! But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
an upright partition inside a ship
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He saw nothing to make him anxious.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “He saw nothing to make him anxious.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.”
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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 The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
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From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT HOME.
the two together, not just one
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
an upright partition inside a ship
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
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From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
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From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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From this reading AT HOME.
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From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He saw nothing to make him anxious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The captain looked a good man, and a good man was a friend to Clare!
at the time that
From this reading But when he entered the state-room, and saw himself from head to foot in a mirror let into a bulkhead, he was both startled and ashamed: how could the captain take such a scarecrow into his room! he thought.
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From this reading Clare followed, wondering, but nowise anxious.
