Chapter CI
PARADISE REGAINED BELOW. He saw Dea. She had just raised herself up on the mattress. She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck. The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
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PARADISE
REGAINED
BELOW.
He
saw
Dea.
She
had
just
raised
herself
up
on
the
mattress.
She
had
on
a
long
white
dress,
carefully
closed,
and
showing
only
the
delicate
form
of
her
neck.
The
sleeves
covered
her
arms;
the
folds,
her
feet.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
PARADISE
REGAINED
BELOW.
Line 2
He
saw
Dea.
Line 3
She
had
just
raised
herself
up
on
the
mattress.
Line 4
She
had
on
a
long
white
dress,
carefully
closed,
and
showing
only
the
delicate
form
of
her
neck.
Line 5
The
sleeves
covered
her
arms;
the
folds,
her
feet.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
BELOW
preposition
US /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She had just raised herself up on the mattress.”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
arms
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From this reading The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
BELOWprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.
carefully
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
closed
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
covered
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From this reading The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
Dea
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From this reading He saw Dea.
delicate
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
dress
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
feet
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From this reading The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
folds
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From this reading The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
form
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw Dea.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
just
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From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
mattress
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From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
neck
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
only
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
PARADISE
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From this reading PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.
raised
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From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
REGAINED
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From this reading PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.
saw
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From this reading He saw Dea.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
showing
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.
sleeves
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From this reading The sleeves covered her arms; the folds, her feet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
up
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From this reading She had just raised herself up on the mattress.
white
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From this reading She had on a long white dress, carefully closed, and showing only the delicate form of her neck.