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Chapter XV
THE DIE IS CAST. Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir. Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor. “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer. Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.”
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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 Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading THE DIE IS CAST.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading THE DIE IS CAST.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
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From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DIE IS CAST.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
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From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
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From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Heaven, help and pity me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DIE IS CAST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One hour more,” she murmured, faintly, “only one hour more, and then I must give Richard Raleigh his answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nine! boomed from the big clock in a neighboring steeple; nine! tinkled musically from the gilded time-piece in Miss Raleigh’s boudoir.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
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From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lillian started up with a cry of dismay, and the lace-work with which she had been risking her eyesight fell from her hands to the floor.
