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Chapter XIX
It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden. The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house. Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands. She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron. A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.”
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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 She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
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From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
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From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
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From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
above and across; more than
From this reading A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door stood open, and he kicked off his shoes and crept into the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
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From this reading She looked up with a start as the big man came in, and scrambled to her feet; a queer dishevelled figure with her tousled head and crumpled cap and apron.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
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From this reading A wave of dismay swept over Mr. Linton.
at the time that
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Eva sat on the floor of the passage with her head in her hands.
but in spite of that
From this reading It was not yet dawn when David Linton, fully dressed, came into the cottage garden.
