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Chapter XIV
One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road. We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose. “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said. “When you first came you frightened me. I thought you were really ill.”
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later than; following
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““When you first came you frightened me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought you were really ill.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.”
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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 One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
later than; following
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
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From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
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From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
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From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
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From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
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From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
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From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
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From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
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From this reading I thought you were really ill.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
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From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
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From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
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From this reading I thought you were really ill.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
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From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought you were really ill.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
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From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We looked at the mountains drawing their royal-purple robes around them for their night’s repose.
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From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought you were really ill.”
at the time that
From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading One evening after I had returned from a six-mile tramp with the old doctor, Amaryllis and I took a little walk under the trees near the road.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “When you first came you frightened me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m glad you’re well again,” she said.
