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Chapter XV
THE CROWN OF LIGHT. It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice. “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near. I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?” “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?””
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ““Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading ““Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.”
above and across; more than
From this reading ““The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.”
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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 It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
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From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CROWN OF LIGHT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CROWN OF LIGHT.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CROWN OF LIGHT.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
above and across; more than
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been in the temple all night; how came I hither?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CROWN OF LIGHT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The watch is nearly over,” she said; “the day is near.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
at the time that
From this reading It was the dawn of the third day when Hermione was awoke from a light slumber by Hyacintha’s voice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Nay, dearest lady,” Hermione said; “you have been sleeping on your couch, and I have watched----” “I thought I had been in the temple, and I saw there my brother and Ebba, and myself a little child again.
