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Chapter VII
"Attention interlopers," it said. "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe." "Stay down here," Alis whispered. "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up. That's where Thebold must have got it.
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to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading “"You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."”
apart from; not including
From this reading “"You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Stay down here," Alis whispered.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “That's where Thebold must have got it.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."”
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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 "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
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From this reading "Stay down here," Alis whispered.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
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From this reading "Attention interlopers," it said.
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Stay down here," Alis whispered.
apart from; not including
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's where Thebold must have got it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Stay down here," Alis whispered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Attention interlopers," it said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Attention interlopers," it said.
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From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That's where Thebold must have got it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Attention interlopers," it said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Stay down here," Alis whispered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's where Thebold must have got it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's where Thebold must have got it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a sort of vestibule one flight up.
in or at the place that
From this reading That's where Thebold must have got it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Stay down here," Alis whispered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "You have come unasked and now you find yourself paralyzed, unable to move a muscle except to breathe."
