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Chapter XII
"A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE." "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth. "It happened that I was the first to see the danger." She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house. Neither of them had sat down.
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later than; following
From this reading “"It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It happened that I was the first to see the danger."”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither of them had sat down.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “"It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.”
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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 "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
later than; following
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
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From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Neither of them had sat down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
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From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
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From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
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From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither of them had sat down.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Neither of them had sat down.
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From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Neither of them had sat down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It happened that I was the first to see the danger."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Neither of them had sat down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A POOR CHAP AS IS ALLUS I' TROUBLE."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She stood opposite to him upon the hearth in her father's house.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was nothing but a chance, after all," Murdoch said to Miss Ffrench, just as he had said to Haworth.
