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Chapter XXVIII
Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call. “Leila!” “Ah-h!” The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed. “Take her away!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Take her away!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.”
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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 Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
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From this reading “Ah-h!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
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From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
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From this reading “Take her away!
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From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
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From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
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From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Take her away!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
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From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
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From this reading “Leila!”
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From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
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From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take her away!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answering cry of stark terror echoed back from the night as Storm started up, convulsed, in his bed.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a Moment Please George slipped into the bedroom, and drawing a chair close to the sleeper he bent forward and uttered one word which cleaved the silence like a clarion call.
