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Chapter XVIII
Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on. “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa. “What?” “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.” “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?”
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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 Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
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From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Master Jacob calls you, he is uneasy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What?”
at the time that
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosa had scarcely pronounced these consolatory words when a voice was heard from the staircase asking Gryphus how matters were going on.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There was such a noise,” said Gryphus; “wouldn’t you have thought he would murder me, this doctor?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you hear, father?” said Rosa.
