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Chapter XVI
The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home. This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite. ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her. But listen: you are an Englishman?’ ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.”
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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 This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
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From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
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From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
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From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
at the time that
From this reading The next day when I went back, my fears were realised: the door was refused to me--my Lady was not at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This I knew to be false: I had watched the door the whole morning from a lodging I took at a house opposite.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘That I am,’ said the fellow, with an air of the utmost superiority.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But listen: you are an Englishman?’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Your lady is not out,’ said I: ‘she has denied me, and I can’t, of course, force my way to her.
