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Chapter XXVIII
As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress. “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said. Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her. “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to. Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
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From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
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From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
not any; not one
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
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From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the door closed behind Graydon, Hattie appeared from the dining-room and sullenly confronted her mistress.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I ain’t a-going to stay,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eris looked up, blankly, still pale and confused by the gust of passion that had swept her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t have to work in no such kinda place,” continued the coloured woman doggedly, “and I ain’t a-going to.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mah week’s up Friday, but you pay me up to las’ night an’ I’ll go now.”
