Chapter XXVIII
A TERRIBLE NIGHT. Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table. She was pale with the heat. She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock. ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
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Chapter XXVIII
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A
TERRIBLE
NIGHT.
Miss
Laura
arrived
at
the
dinner
table.
She
was
pale
with
the
heat.
She
toyed
with
a
morsel
of
cold
fowl
and
sipped
seltzer
and
hock.
‘The
dead
calm,’
said
I,
‘gives
you
a
young
lady’s
appetite.’
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
A
TERRIBLE
NIGHT.
Line 2
Miss
Laura
arrived
at
the
dinner
table.
Line 3
She
was
pale
with
the
heat.
Line 4
She
toyed
with
a
morsel
of
cold
fowl
and
sipped
seltzer
and
hock.
Line 5
‘The
dead
calm,’
said
I,
‘gives
you
a
young
lady’s
appetite.’
Learner Dictionary
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Appetite
noun
US /ˈæpətaɪt/
a desire for food
From this reading “‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’”
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’”
TERRIBLE
noun
US /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A TERRIBLE NIGHT.”
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a desire for food
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
arrived
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From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
calm
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cold
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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dinner
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fowl
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gives
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heat
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From this reading She was pale with the heat.
hock
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
lady's
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Laura
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From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
morsel
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
NIGHT
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From this reading A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
pale
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From this reading She was pale with the heat.
said
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seltzer
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
sipped
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
table
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From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
TERRIBLEnounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
toyed
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From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
young
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From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’