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Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand. “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously. “Tell me what it is. You don’t like this place, perhaps?” “Of course I do.”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Of course I do.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You don’t like this place, perhaps?””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell me what it is.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
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From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
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From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
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From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course I do.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
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From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Of course I do.”
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From this reading You don’t like this place, perhaps?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Of course I do.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Tell me what it is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t like this place, perhaps?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell me what it is.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course I do.”
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From this reading You don’t like this place, perhaps?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t like this place, perhaps?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me what it is.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Tell me what it is.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Something is the matter with you this evening, Zoe,” he said anxiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did not wholly understand.
