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Chapter II
The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear? You look dreadfully tired.” Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.” “No?” Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You look dreadfully tired.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
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From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
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From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
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From this reading You look dreadfully tired.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You look dreadfully tired.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No?”
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From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
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From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
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From this reading Storm gazed at her in studied deliberation as he responded.
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
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From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading You look dreadfully tired.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Leila’s eyes fluttered upward to meet her husband’s across the breakfast table and then lowered as she added hesitatingly: “I—I didn’t hear you come in last night.”
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From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Trap “Didn’t you sleep well, dear?
