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Chapter IX
JUST IN TIME. Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart. Was he mad? In Heaven's name, what did he mean? Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?”
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading “Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In Heaven's name, what did he mean?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JUST IN TIME.”
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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 Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading In Heaven's name, what did he mean?
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was he mad?
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading In Heaven's name, what did he mean?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUST IN TIME.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading JUST IN TIME.
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From this reading Was he mad?
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading In Heaven's name, what did he mean?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Heaven's name, what did he mean?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
above and across; more than
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
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From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JUST IN TIME.
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From this reading Was she shut up alone in this dreary old house with a raving madman?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was he mad?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In Heaven's name, what did he mean?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beatrix stood staring blankly into the old man's excited face, with a strange feeling of sickening terror creeping over her heart.
