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ablaze
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
All
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From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
back
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
black
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
bolted
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
call
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
came
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
caught
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
conservatory
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
door
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
drawing-room
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
dumbfounded
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
enough
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From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
entered
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
Erstein
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
escape
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
eyes
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
face
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
flung
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
flushed
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
furious
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
going
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
Gretchen
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
grossly
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From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
guard
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
Herr
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From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
indignation
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
insulted
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From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
key
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
Lassen
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From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
LIKE
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
looking
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
loudly
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From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
making
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
man
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From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
Nessa
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
now
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
occurred
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
off
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
OLD
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
opened
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
ordinary
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
out
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
rush
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
rushed
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
said
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From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
scowled
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
shaky
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
snatched
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
thank
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From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This man has grossly insulted me, Herr Lassen!" she cried.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
TIMES
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
up
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
very
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
viciously
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
von
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From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
white
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From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "LIKE OLD TIMES" I snatched the key from Gretchen, who was now very white and shaky, opened the drawing-room door and was going to rush in, when it occurred to me that if Nessa was caught off her guard, she might let out something.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nessa had rushed into the conservatory to escape from von Erstein and came back as I entered, her face flushed and her eyes ablaze with furious indignation, while he, dumbfounded and looking as black as thunder, scowled at me viciously.
woman
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From this reading The woman flung up her hands and bolted, and I went in as if making an ordinary call.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "All right, Gretchen, thank you," I said, loudly enough for Nessa to hear.
