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Chapter XXIV
On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette. The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites. A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair. Her face wore sharp lines of worry. She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.”
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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 On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
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From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
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From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
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From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
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From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
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From this reading A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair.
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From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
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From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
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From this reading A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair.
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From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
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From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
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From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
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From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
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From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dining-room had been left in chaos by the peripatetic appetites.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading On the steps of the eating house they found a thin and glowering boy of ten smoking a cigarette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her face wore sharp lines of worry.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had once possessed a certain style of beauty that would never wholly leave her and would never wholly return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A youngish woman reclined, exhausted, in a chair.
