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Chapter CCXLVI
When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor. With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door. Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming. She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped. There came no answer.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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later than; following
From this reading “With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.”
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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 Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
later than; following
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
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From this reading There came no answer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
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From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading There came no answer.
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From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
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From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
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From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
not any; not one
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
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From this reading There came no answer.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
at the time that
From this reading When everything, that night, was quiet, Barbara, her hair hanging loose outside her dressing gown, slipped from her room into the dim corridor.
in or at the place that
From this reading She stopped just where that moonlight fell, and tapped.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
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From this reading Through a long Gothic window, uncurtained, the mild moonlight was coming.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With bare feet thrust into fur-crowned slippers which made no noise, she stole along looking at door after door.
